[This would be comparable to a slap in the face, but a slap in the face would be a welcome response, and this--
The accusation of not being willing, and then of truly being useless to her--
That shakes him. Badly. Because the first is so untrue that it causes a kind of visceral pain, and the second--
At that point, he really should just die!
But he... thinks he understands. What he sees as... as the bare minimum, as necessary honesty, she sees as... a nuisance. A waste of her time. And it is, isn't it? The more time she spends... the more time she wastes on him....
Whether she believes it or not, he fully intends to give her whatever his worthless body, his disgusting soul, his stupid brain has to give.
So he thinks about it before he puts his response into words. There's a kind of cold practicality to it, but cautious, like he's wading into strange, dark waters.]
TW: Passing Suicidal Ideation
The accusation of not being willing, and then of truly being useless to her--
That shakes him. Badly. Because the first is so untrue that it causes a kind of visceral pain, and the second--
At that point, he really should just die!
But he... thinks he understands. What he sees as... as the bare minimum, as necessary honesty, she sees as... a nuisance. A waste of her time. And it is, isn't it? The more time she spends... the more time she wastes on him....
Whether she believes it or not, he fully intends to give her whatever his worthless body, his disgusting soul, his stupid brain has to give.
So he thinks about it before he puts his response into words. There's a kind of cold practicality to it, but cautious, like he's wading into strange, dark waters.]
.... what do you want me to do about the spell?