[Nico's world is so foreign to Elincia that she doesn't truly understands the implications this memory holds; oh, the fact that Nico had feelings for some buried so deep that it was deeply wrong for Cupid--and the Drabwurld--to drag them out on display was wrong, that much, Elincia understood. Nico's shame over needing to run away, she also understood. But who Cupid was and everything else, she doesn't quite understand.
So she doesn't ask him about any of it. She just tries again]
Nico...there's nothing wrong with needing to run away. I spent a lot of my life hiding and then running. The world is frightening [how much of her life had she spent hiding from it? Seventeen years of hiding her entire existence. Of trying to be so small and unnoticeable that no one would look twice her way.] and it's hard, knowing who you can trust.
[She pauses and then gently] I wont ask you anything, if you don't want to talk. But you can use my rooms in Caer Glaem if you need a place to stay. Or you can come stay with me at the station, if you wish. I wont say a word, not even to Lord Ike. As long as you are somewhere safe, that's all I want to know.
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So she doesn't ask him about any of it. She just tries again]
Nico...there's nothing wrong with needing to run away. I spent a lot of my life hiding and then running. The world is frightening [how much of her life had she spent hiding from it? Seventeen years of hiding her entire existence. Of trying to be so small and unnoticeable that no one would look twice her way.] and it's hard, knowing who you can trust.
[She pauses and then gently] I wont ask you anything, if you don't want to talk. But you can use my rooms in Caer Glaem if you need a place to stay. Or you can come stay with me at the station, if you wish. I wont say a word, not even to Lord Ike. As long as you are somewhere safe, that's all I want to know.
It will be okay.