No, he hadn't just let himself be plenty of things. Lust knew that. Even if she'd never fully understood what he struggled with, she'd known it was a struggle. There'd always been some dark storm inside of him, something that held him back in so many ways.
"That's a very silly reason to hate yourself." Perhaps not the most helpful thing to say, but it's true and the tea is still in her system. That's a very large part of being together, being happy with one another. Though she can certainly admit they're a rather special case. They'd never been like other pairs. How could they be? All that lay between them and behind them...
But that's far away for Lust now. And much of it had always been hazy, thing she's aware of but has little personal connection to. So much is just a collection of events she knows happened but that she doesn't remember, or doesn't remember well.
"I am very glad, though, that you'd prefer to be happy than hate yourself. You shouldn't hate yourself. There's a great deal to like, you know."
She understands what he's saying. More or less. It's that thing that's different.
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"That's a very silly reason to hate yourself." Perhaps not the most helpful thing to say, but it's true and the tea is still in her system. That's a very large part of being together, being happy with one another. Though she can certainly admit they're a rather special case. They'd never been like other pairs. How could they be? All that lay between them and behind them...
But that's far away for Lust now. And much of it had always been hazy, thing she's aware of but has little personal connection to. So much is just a collection of events she knows happened but that she doesn't remember, or doesn't remember well.
"I am very glad, though, that you'd prefer to be happy than hate yourself. You shouldn't hate yourself. There's a great deal to like, you know."
She understands what he's saying. More or less. It's that thing that's different.