[ dextera does notice that it’s sincere, but he still can’t place what might be affecting berkut. he doesn’t have the insight he needs, but he’s starting to get an idea of what berkut might be like, stripped away of… something. something, surely, berkut finds critical. ]
…it isn’t good to have the things we need taken away from us.
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…it isn’t good to have the things we need taken away from us.
[ that’s the answer he settles on. ]
I don’t want you to suffer.