( Leaving Donny speechless is not especially difficult, it has to be said, but Belle still accomplishes that pretty easily. He sort of stares at her for a few seconds, opening his mouth and trying to work out a response before he just tips back some of his beer. ) Um.
Max-- ( A breath. There's so much that he can't explain, or he could, but it could make everything so much more complicated. He's not sure how Belle would feel about him being a vigilante, and no one can know about Atlas. ) She, uh. I m-mean, p-people don't-- t-talk to me. Or uh, really see m-me. At home.
( But Max did. She'd seen him and even though she knew about the raw mess of nothing, the void that lay under Atlas, she still believed in him. She didn't abandon him to Asteria, she treated him like a person in ways other people never had. It's better here, in Exsilium, than home in some ways. It's so much worse for Max, though, even if she can sleep without Asteria prying open her mind and her dreams. )
I'm k-kinda stupid. ( With a half-smile, a shrug, like that's all it is. He keeps loving Max because he's too stupid to accept he's not the right one, even though he knows it. ) D-don't um, don't w-worry about it. It's fine.
ironically I think he was in something cw but eternally cleanshaven
Max-- ( A breath. There's so much that he can't explain, or he could, but it could make everything so much more complicated. He's not sure how Belle would feel about him being a vigilante, and no one can know about Atlas. ) She, uh. I m-mean, p-people don't-- t-talk to me. Or uh, really see m-me. At home.
( But Max did. She'd seen him and even though she knew about the raw mess of nothing, the void that lay under Atlas, she still believed in him. She didn't abandon him to Asteria, she treated him like a person in ways other people never had. It's better here, in Exsilium, than home in some ways. It's so much worse for Max, though, even if she can sleep without Asteria prying open her mind and her dreams. )
I'm k-kinda stupid. ( With a half-smile, a shrug, like that's all it is. He keeps loving Max because he's too stupid to accept he's not the right one, even though he knows it. ) D-don't um, don't w-worry about it. It's fine.