Despite himself, he reflected a small smile back at Nigredo as well. This was was destined to be an unhappy discussion from the start, so a few morbid hypotheticals should have been expected. There was no need to dwell on it. "No, that's fine. I was mainly interested in hearing a bit more regarding Albedo and this relationship between you all. Specific details aren't really necessary. I just wish I--"
He cut himself off right there. Opening up completely and blurting out every stupid thing that came to his mind wasn't going to help anyone. Saying he wished he could help when he had no way of doing so was only a waste of effort. If you have time to wish, you have time to figure something out.
He quickly shifted to cover up the dumb statement that almost was. "Ah. Actually. You can avoid answering if you'd rather not but... aside from the accident and the rock incident, how are the three of you doing exactly?" Maybe he needed to specify that a little bit. "Ah, when I was speaking to Albedo he seemed..." like a bipolar, delusional little impulsive liar with the ability to cry on command "...ah, able to shift and hide his behavior for a given situation. Are these conflicts a constant between you three or is this usually more subdued in nature. ...Or do you all tend to avoid one another?"
This might have seemed like a dumb or intrusive question, but how prominent the friction was between them and how they were dealing with it at the moment were important points to consider.
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He cut himself off right there. Opening up completely and blurting out every stupid thing that came to his mind wasn't going to help anyone. Saying he wished he could help when he had no way of doing so was only a waste of effort. If you have time to wish, you have time to figure something out.
He quickly shifted to cover up the dumb statement that almost was. "Ah. Actually. You can avoid answering if you'd rather not but... aside from the accident and the rock incident, how are the three of you doing exactly?" Maybe he needed to specify that a little bit. "Ah, when I was speaking to Albedo he seemed..." like a bipolar, delusional little impulsive liar with the ability to cry on command "...ah, able to shift and hide his behavior for a given situation. Are these conflicts a constant between you three or is this usually more subdued in nature. ...Or do you all tend to avoid one another?"
This might have seemed like a dumb or intrusive question, but how prominent the friction was between them and how they were dealing with it at the moment were important points to consider.