[ Shinjiro is honestly the first person Reynir has talked to who said that a Bond isn't a huge or life-changing deal, and who emphasized that it can be broken if need be. Reynir isn't exactly a confrontational guy even when it comes to situations that don't involve magical connections to another person, but he's learned a lot about himself in the past year. He knows that, if it's important enough, he can stick up for himself. Even when it's so hard.
...It's still nice, to hear someone telling him it's no big deal if he chooses the wrong person or messes it up somehow. ]
It's such a relief to hear that. I hope it works out that well for me, too.
[ A little less encouraging is the way that Shinjiro talks about people coming and going, here. Losing Emil had been hard, and Reynir can't imagine how much harder it would be if he came back, only to disappear again. Or if someone else he knew showed up and then vanished. They wouldn't be dead, and there's some comfort in that, but even so. Reynir isn't accustomed to losing people.
He reaches out to accept the half mushroom, sniffing it warily before shrugging and nibbling at it. His eyebrows raise in surprise when the flavor hits his tongue, but immediately he says: ]
Oh, this one's my favorite so far. Looks can be deceiving, I guess.
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[ Shinjiro is honestly the first person Reynir has talked to who said that a Bond isn't a huge or life-changing deal, and who emphasized that it can be broken if need be. Reynir isn't exactly a confrontational guy even when it comes to situations that don't involve magical connections to another person, but he's learned a lot about himself in the past year. He knows that, if it's important enough, he can stick up for himself. Even when it's so hard.
...It's still nice, to hear someone telling him it's no big deal if he chooses the wrong person or messes it up somehow. ]
It's such a relief to hear that. I hope it works out that well for me, too.
[ A little less encouraging is the way that Shinjiro talks about people coming and going, here. Losing Emil had been hard, and Reynir can't imagine how much harder it would be if he came back, only to disappear again. Or if someone else he knew showed up and then vanished. They wouldn't be dead, and there's some comfort in that, but even so. Reynir isn't accustomed to losing people.
He reaches out to accept the half mushroom, sniffing it warily before shrugging and nibbling at it. His eyebrows raise in surprise when the flavor hits his tongue, but immediately he says: ]
Oh, this one's my favorite so far. Looks can be deceiving, I guess.