Especially Garleans who had yet to figure out that Garlemald was an aberration rather than the rule.
"For the most part, no, although I cannot promise complete patience with typical Garlean pointless posturing." He learned this game with Nael and Livia, Nero, and while he's usually not one to judge cultural differences, yours is kind of stupid. "Unfortunately I have never been dedicated enough to training in magic use to have much hope of budging your current condition, but since your inadvertent confession to having a decent human being buried somewhere under that ambition and politicking, I have found some more inclination to give you a chance."
The sad part is that if Nero had straight up attempted to claim feelings for the kids, Thancred probably would've been suspicious of his motives and what he was after - but an accidental confession immediately hurried to cover over as a "weakness"? That was probably more trustworthy. "Death is among the things that works strangely here, but I imagine seeing if someone else here has an idea how to solve this would be more reliable than hoping it might separate the voidal energy from you on revival."
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Especially Garleans who had yet to figure out that Garlemald was an aberration rather than the rule.
"For the most part, no, although I cannot promise complete patience with typical Garlean pointless posturing." He learned this game with Nael and Livia, Nero, and while he's usually not one to judge cultural differences, yours is kind of stupid. "Unfortunately I have never been dedicated enough to training in magic use to have much hope of budging your current condition, but since your inadvertent confession to having a decent human being buried somewhere under that ambition and politicking, I have found some more inclination to give you a chance."
The sad part is that if Nero had straight up attempted to claim feelings for the kids, Thancred probably would've been suspicious of his motives and what he was after - but an accidental confession immediately hurried to cover over as a "weakness"? That was probably more trustworthy. "Death is among the things that works strangely here, but I imagine seeing if someone else here has an idea how to solve this would be more reliable than hoping it might separate the voidal energy from you on revival."