Three to five was the average range for how many guards would follow you? Must have made you feel constantly watched.
[which she obviously was, but it would be difficult to interact with people, difficult to do anything because there would be that constant awareness that all of these people were near, watching her even if it was protectively. granted, he would also understand feeling unsettled without something even something that could feel like a cage at times.
he has been surviving for so long. john has been in hiding. he has never actually been in a position where he had freedom to do anything other than survive (lead other people, follow orders, stay hidden). but he has never had the freedom to do anything that he might want to do, and he wouldn't know what to do with that kind of freedom. it'd feel unsettling.
john smirks a bit wider at what she says before he shakes his head.]
If you tried in that dress, someone else would have to go into fish you out too, and most people here are also wearing extreme fancy wear so it could be a domino effect. [john takes a sip from the flute in his hand.] I don't drink in general. That whole experience just reminded me of one of the many reasons why I don't.
[the main would be the terrible experience he had with it growing up, being on the other side of someone's hand who drank too much, too often.]
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[which she obviously was, but it would be difficult to interact with people, difficult to do anything because there would be that constant awareness that all of these people were near, watching her even if it was protectively. granted, he would also understand feeling unsettled without something even something that could feel like a cage at times.
he has been surviving for so long. john has been in hiding. he has never actually been in a position where he had freedom to do anything other than survive (lead other people, follow orders, stay hidden). but he has never had the freedom to do anything that he might want to do, and he wouldn't know what to do with that kind of freedom. it'd feel unsettling.
john smirks a bit wider at what she says before he shakes his head.]
If you tried in that dress, someone else would have to go into fish you out too, and most people here are also wearing extreme fancy wear so it could be a domino effect. [john takes a sip from the flute in his hand.] I don't drink in general. That whole experience just reminded me of one of the many reasons why I don't.
[the main would be the terrible experience he had with it growing up, being on the other side of someone's hand who drank too much, too often.]