[Listening to Jimmy talk and watching his face is doing some really, really weird things to the general region of Krieg's heart. His chest feels tight and his stomach kind of hurts, but not in the way he's used to, not in the good way, stuck with shrapnel or bullets or knives - he's doing it just with his words and his kindness.
Can't remember the last time someone tried to encourage us.
It's weird, and strange, and it makes his eye sting and his throat feel funny. It's like when he met Maya, and she gave him a chance, but...but worse. She never talked to him like this, like...like he was someone worth talking to, really talking to, like there was a faint but distant possibility there was more to him than just the hulking monstrous psycho.
Like there was a part of him that was actually still human.
He keeps his gaze fixed on Jimmy, though he slowly draws away from the device as the other continues his chatter, eye and head twitching a bit more than usual as he tries to comprehend the magnitude of what's being offered to him.
...
This isn't how people react to him. He's a monster; he doesn't deserve the consideration, the kindness, the empathy.
Even the other Vault Hunters know it.
So why...?
It's too much. It's far too much. He can't handle it.]
Gnngghhhh...Shut-shut-SHUT-SHUT UP!! WHY ARE YOU BEING SO NICE???
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Can't remember the last time someone tried to encourage us.
It's weird, and strange, and it makes his eye sting and his throat feel funny. It's like when he met Maya, and she gave him a chance, but...but worse. She never talked to him like this, like...like he was someone worth talking to, really talking to, like there was a faint but distant possibility there was more to him than just the hulking monstrous psycho.
Like there was a part of him that was actually still human.
He keeps his gaze fixed on Jimmy, though he slowly draws away from the device as the other continues his chatter, eye and head twitching a bit more than usual as he tries to comprehend the magnitude of what's being offered to him.
...
This isn't how people react to him. He's a monster; he doesn't deserve the consideration, the kindness, the empathy.
Even the other Vault Hunters know it.
So why...?
It's too much. It's far too much. He can't handle it.]
Gnngghhhh...Shut-shut-SHUT-SHUT UP!! WHY ARE YOU BEING SO NICE???