[The words certainly aren't meant as insults - in fact, if Onni is saying that people seek the things they're missing, then those are things that someone could be missing which means they're things they're in need of. He knows that much about himself, that he could stand to be more outgoing and impulsive, though both of those things are foreign and terrifying to him. At the same time, as he gets more and more familiar with Reynir, those same things are the things that draw Onni in, that make Reynir more interesting.

Glancing over at Reynir, he watches him as he says that Onni can speak on whatever because he knows people, that he's known people in good relationships and bad ones. That he's read books. That he shouldn't worry about whether he can talk about this topic because of his experiences. That he's right.

Some part of him, deep down, recognizes that there's a connection there. That Reynir provides things that he's missing, and he provides things that Reynir is missing. That the traits that Reynir had described from the hero in his book fit Onni's better traits.]

Mm. I suppose that's true. I guess it seemed different to me, to apply that to relationships, because they don't strike me as...following any sort of predictable pattern.

[A shrug. He's having a hard time expressing what he's thinking, mind muddled as it is with alcohol. It feels like a maze, as much as the one they're walking through right now.]

The Bond is the closest I've had to something like that, I think.

[But he leaves it at that, when Reynir explains the end of the story, and makes a soft hum in his throat.]

I'm sure if he handled things in that way, he probably had a happy ending.