[He's not upset, honestly; upset isn't really the word for it. Conflicted might be a better one. Tumultuous. But he understands lying for the sake of the bit, and why she might've done it in the moment. Even knowing — even having seen his doppelganger, even knowing that. What mattered was keeping her safe and it'd worked.
It's just. He's really not sure how he feels about it.
But luckily, he's been working on precisely that already, since coming to the resort. Since starting to open up to himself about his preferences, and about not forcing things he doesn't like, and about settling into embracing things he maybe does like. So he's a lot less prickly than he could've been, otherwise. Just conflicted. Just thoughtful.]
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[He's not upset, honestly; upset isn't really the word for it. Conflicted might be a better one. Tumultuous. But he understands lying for the sake of the bit, and why she might've done it in the moment. Even knowing — even having seen his doppelganger, even knowing that. What mattered was keeping her safe and it'd worked.
It's just. He's really not sure how he feels about it.
But luckily, he's been working on precisely that already, since coming to the resort. Since starting to open up to himself about his preferences, and about not forcing things he doesn't like, and about settling into embracing things he maybe does like. So he's a lot less prickly than he could've been, otherwise. Just conflicted. Just thoughtful.]
It seemed to do the trick at the time.