[It's far fom just his physical wellbeing. It's... it's everything. Prior's grip on Byerly's hand is uncomfortably tight.]
You, not him, not this. I know what it's like, you live with something rotten long enough you start to think that's how things should smell. But this isn't miserliness and that is not a father. You can't just brush this off because he's known for it. Pol Pot was known for genocide, that doesn't mean people should have been elbowing each other amiably and gossiping about murdery old Pol at parties. Did you know. Do you?
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[It's far fom just his physical wellbeing. It's... it's everything. Prior's grip on Byerly's hand is uncomfortably tight.]
You, not him, not this. I know what it's like, you live with something rotten long enough you start to think that's how things should smell. But this isn't miserliness and that is not a father. You can't just brush this off because he's known for it. Pol Pot was known for genocide, that doesn't mean people should have been elbowing each other amiably and gossiping about murdery old Pol at parties. Did you know. Do you?