I’m pretty sure the desert chose me, actually, not the other way around.
[ It’s a flippant reply, almost automatic as he keeps gazing out over the sea. But he’d expected Claude to shoot the question back at him, especially after he’d answered it honestly, so he sighs and fidgets with the edges of his jacket. ]
No. [ As far as answers go, it’s short and blunt and maybe not what Claude expects. Then again, he has no idea what Claude does and doesn’t know of his past at this point. Or if his past was even the same, where Claude is from. ] No, I don’t miss it at all.
[ There’s a few people he misses. Felix, even though he’d had him briefly. Mercy. Dedue. Dimitri’s… complicated. Ingrid’s either relieved he’s gone or furious about his irresponsibility, regardless of whether or not his sudden absence was voluntary. But the rest of it…
He hadn’t been all that startled to discover that homesickness had never set in, in his time here. He’d wondered if it would, back in the beginning. He felt a lot of things about his home and what his absence meant. But mostly it was just guilt. ]
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[ It’s a flippant reply, almost automatic as he keeps gazing out over the sea. But he’d expected Claude to shoot the question back at him, especially after he’d answered it honestly, so he sighs and fidgets with the edges of his jacket. ]
No. [ As far as answers go, it’s short and blunt and maybe not what Claude expects. Then again, he has no idea what Claude does and doesn’t know of his past at this point. Or if his past was even the same, where Claude is from. ] No, I don’t miss it at all.
[ There’s a few people he misses. Felix, even though he’d had him briefly. Mercy. Dedue. Dimitri’s… complicated. Ingrid’s either relieved he’s gone or furious about his irresponsibility, regardless of whether or not his sudden absence was voluntary. But the rest of it…
He hadn’t been all that startled to discover that homesickness had never set in, in his time here. He’d wondered if it would, back in the beginning. He felt a lot of things about his home and what his absence meant. But mostly it was just guilt. ]