[ He doesn't say what he thinks, when she says that. That some promises are broken, that some people can't be trusted, and that he has been exactly that man, before. He's given his word only to further his own goals enough times before, and he thinks it would not matter to her if he said he believed he was doing the right thing for his people. That he was doing what was necessary.
There was always another way, another path he could have chosen, but he didn't. The path he chose instead lead him so dangerously close to a precipice, that he still wonders how he managed to come back from that.
Instead, what he does say is, with a nod— ] That's right. So you know that I mean it.
[ He certainly intends to do everything in his power to prevent that from happening. You know I can look after myself just fine, he nearly says, but instead just takes her offer in silence, as if agreeing to it, and takes the other edge of the blanket, moving it over the structure so they can finish their (clearly superior) fort. ]
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There was always another way, another path he could have chosen, but he didn't. The path he chose instead lead him so dangerously close to a precipice, that he still wonders how he managed to come back from that.
Instead, what he does say is, with a nod— ] That's right. So you know that I mean it.
[ He certainly intends to do everything in his power to prevent that from happening. You know I can look after myself just fine, he nearly says, but instead just takes her offer in silence, as if agreeing to it, and takes the other edge of the blanket, moving it over the structure so they can finish their (clearly superior) fort. ]