I... feel the same. It would be a lie to say I don't wish I could see Auldrant again sometimes. Even if only for a day...
[Just admitting that much was so painful. As much as he wished it didn't have to be, it was. He pauses for a moment, taking a breath to calm himself.]
...but Luceti is different. It isn't just that I feel I can belong here. I feel like I didn't know what it really meant to have a place to call home until now. For everything bad that happens, to have everyone here together, I... I'm so happy here.
[Perhaps it's knowing now that there's a filter hiding their coversation that allows Ion to be more honest. Not just with Luke, but with himself. It seems as though the more he talks, the more he starts to lose his composure... or maybe he never really had it to begin with? With every word, that wall of faux calmness finally starts to crumble down, showing just how upset he really is... and perhaps just how much more he's been hiding from Luke, intentional or not.]
...lately I've been wondering. If they managed to achieve what they're hoping for and they found a way to send people to live in other worlds, even when they can't return to their own... I wonder whether that'd be something I would truly want to consider. [...] Or whether it would be better... not to.
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[Just admitting that much was so painful. As much as he wished it didn't have to be, it was. He pauses for a moment, taking a breath to calm himself.]
...but Luceti is different. It isn't just that I feel I can belong here. I feel like I didn't know what it really meant to have a place to call home until now. For everything bad that happens, to have everyone here together, I... I'm so happy here.
[Perhaps it's knowing now that there's a filter hiding their coversation that allows Ion to be more honest. Not just with Luke, but with himself. It seems as though the more he talks, the more he starts to lose his composure... or maybe he never really had it to begin with? With every word, that wall of faux calmness finally starts to crumble down, showing just how upset he really is... and perhaps just how much more he's been hiding from Luke, intentional or not.]
...lately I've been wondering. If they managed to achieve what they're hoping for and they found a way to send people to live in other worlds, even when they can't return to their own... I wonder whether that'd be something I would truly want to consider. [...] Or whether it would be better... not to.