[His curiosity is more selfish than magnanimous, but it is at least earnest curiosity.
He frowns, considering her answers as he speaks. He decides to set aside the part about normalization; the conversation has moved on, and even though part of him disagrees with it being a good thing, he wouldn't make himself vulnerable enough to argue that it had affected him negatively in some ways, even to the people closest to him who could best understand. It's true that it can be often helpful as a human trait as well... He should just consider that as the more important part.
Daria's personal life and connections are less personal to him, and the ways in which he relates are much less fraught, so he focuses on constructing a response to that.]
Mm. I chose to come here willingly, because my primary concern is keeping my current company, and that seems to be aligned with the goals of this settlement. If you're invested in that goal for yourself as well, and have no strong attachment to any previous locations, perhaps you shouldn't plan to leave this place at all, even if you ended up here by coincidence.
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He frowns, considering her answers as he speaks. He decides to set aside the part about normalization; the conversation has moved on, and even though part of him disagrees with it being a good thing, he wouldn't make himself vulnerable enough to argue that it had affected him negatively in some ways, even to the people closest to him who could best understand. It's true that it can be often helpful as a human trait as well... He should just consider that as the more important part.
Daria's personal life and connections are less personal to him, and the ways in which he relates are much less fraught, so he focuses on constructing a response to that.]
Mm. I chose to come here willingly, because my primary concern is keeping my current company, and that seems to be aligned with the goals of this settlement. If you're invested in that goal for yourself as well, and have no strong attachment to any previous locations, perhaps you shouldn't plan to leave this place at all, even if you ended up here by coincidence.