[ An immediate answer, one that Cain doesn't have to spend even a second thinking about. No, there's not a single reason that he shouldn't trust Percival. No reason that he thinks he can't. That's never been the issue.
No, the problem is that Percival trusts him. Maybe. Maybe he doesn't, with this reaction, after how they left things last time Cain asked Percival to trust him. But... he knows that he's not a noble knight like Percival is. He's not noble at all. He's not someone trustworthy, and yet he wants Percival to trust him anyway.
He's afraid, he realizes. He's afraid of having Percival see too much of him and losing that trust, and the realization has him shaking, taking a quick, sharp breath before he can bring himself to say anything else. ]
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[ An immediate answer, one that Cain doesn't have to spend even a second thinking about. No, there's not a single reason that he shouldn't trust Percival. No reason that he thinks he can't. That's never been the issue.
No, the problem is that Percival trusts him. Maybe. Maybe he doesn't, with this reaction, after how they left things last time Cain asked Percival to trust him. But... he knows that he's not a noble knight like Percival is. He's not noble at all. He's not someone trustworthy, and yet he wants Percival to trust him anyway.
He's afraid, he realizes. He's afraid of having Percival see too much of him and losing that trust, and the realization has him shaking, taking a quick, sharp breath before he can bring himself to say anything else. ]
No, never. I trust you.