It's more than my personality. It's also related to my history, and how I exist.
[He recalled Arval, his eyes blazing with crazed hatred and grief, driving Shez's body unrelentingly to kill him - to "exterminate the beast" to "kill the abomination". Though he understood it was directed more towards Sothis than himself, Byleth had seen similar sentiments expressed by his opponents on the battlefield. His blank mask, his strangeness... 'demon', they called him. They'd likely whisper that with more fear if they knew he'd been stillborn, if they knew he wasn't even fully human.]
Jeralt doesn't care that I'm strange, and that my existence would be deemed abominable by others. I suppose there're some here who would understand like him, but why place myself in such a vulnerable position when rejection is more likely? Therefore, the friendships I make here will be based on limited information, and none would truly understand me like him.
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[He recalled Arval, his eyes blazing with crazed hatred and grief, driving Shez's body unrelentingly to kill him - to "exterminate the beast" to "kill the abomination". Though he understood it was directed more towards Sothis than himself, Byleth had seen similar sentiments expressed by his opponents on the battlefield. His blank mask, his strangeness... 'demon', they called him. They'd likely whisper that with more fear if they knew he'd been stillborn, if they knew he wasn't even fully human.]
Jeralt doesn't care that I'm strange, and that my existence would be deemed abominable by others. I suppose there're some here who would understand like him, but why place myself in such a vulnerable position when rejection is more likely? Therefore, the friendships I make here will be based on limited information, and none would truly understand me like him.