[...Well. Normally. Here he was taking a big risk, but sometimes you've been functionally immortal since you were "born" and you don't remember how to live as a normal person.]
I wanted to make sure you were okay after you left in such a rush. Not that I expected you to open up to me or anything as silly as that. That you were willing to entertain me for as long as you have told me you'll be fine.
[He'd been distracted enough by the conversation for them to settle a little, but there's a twist in his emotions at the reminder--a sense of discomfort that he ignores.]
I'm fine. You have plenty of people to worry about more than me.
[He is very good at repressing his feelings which is the same thing as being fine, at least when you don't know what therapy is and wouldn't have time for it even if you did.]
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[ Damn... Gets reminded of how much he missed out on. ]
... We could have actually gone fishing.
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[OKAY]
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[ OKAY!!!! ]
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Okay, okay. But that means you thought fishing was a good idea.
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A bit grouchy:]
People kept bothering me about the mushrooms. It got annoying.
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[ He only ever got the eating mushroom lore in the brackets. ]
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[HE'S GOTTEN LECTURED SO MANY TIMES]
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[ Awe... But mostly concern. ]
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I won't die from bad food.
[...Well. Normally. Here he was taking a big risk, but sometimes you've been functionally immortal since you were "born" and you don't remember how to live as a normal person.]
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[ It wasn't tasty but it didn't kill anyone. ]
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[Why would he eat that. Does he look like a white person to you.]
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You think that was... worse... than foraging for mushrooms?
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Do you want something or are you just here to bother me?
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I wanted to make sure you were okay after you left in such a rush. Not that I expected you to open up to me or anything as silly as that. That you were willing to entertain me for as long as you have told me you'll be fine.
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I'm fine. You have plenty of people to worry about more than me.
[He is very good at repressing his feelings which is the same thing as being fine, at least when you don't know what therapy is and wouldn't have time for it even if you did.]
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[ Because they're people who know to fear this place with its SPIDERS unlike some others. ]
You don't like the idea of returning to the village?
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I might later. [If he's not too lazy...] It's better out here. Most people don't come this far.
[THERE'S SO MANY LOCATIONS... who would bother to come all the way out here]
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[ Just says this. ]
I'll leave you alone, then.
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