Supervised? That's a strange word to choose. And she did choose it – he saw that brief moment she dedicated to searching her mind for the right word. His lips press into a thin line as he tries for a sympathetic smile, and though it might be too personal he reaches out to touch her arm in the same way she had touched his earlier.
"It is a war machine," he says. "I realized after I bought it that it might send the wrong sorta message. But war is a part of everyone's life on my world. Wasn't always like that, but it's hard to remember the days when things were peaceful."
He inclines his head at Lieselotte and says, "It's a very different place than Earth. If I can be real forward... It took me a while to come to terms with how different y'all's life is. It's takin' time, but I'm tryin' to learn. Tryin' to be gracious and glad for y'all. Still, it's..."
He gestures vaguely to the room around them, looking guilty for what he's saying even as he continues on speaking. "When I go home to Azeroth, it's nothin' like this. Bounties, parties, fancy get-ups. Nobody on edge, except as much as they're waitin' for someone to be rude to them. Which – I-I mean, I ain't tryin' to make you feel bad about it! No, no. It's just..." He chuckles uncomfortably as he admits, "I really did come a long way to be here, Mrs. Durant. To come to terms with the differences between your world and mine. Between you and your children and me. It's been a long journey. That's all I'm tryin' to say, even if I maybe ain't well-worded enough to say it how I'd like."
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Date: 2017-07-25 08:38 pm (UTC)"It is a war machine," he says. "I realized after I bought it that it might send the wrong sorta message. But war is a part of everyone's life on my world. Wasn't always like that, but it's hard to remember the days when things were peaceful."
He inclines his head at Lieselotte and says, "It's a very different place than Earth. If I can be real forward... It took me a while to come to terms with how different y'all's life is. It's takin' time, but I'm tryin' to learn. Tryin' to be gracious and glad for y'all. Still, it's..."
He gestures vaguely to the room around them, looking guilty for what he's saying even as he continues on speaking. "When I go home to Azeroth, it's nothin' like this. Bounties, parties, fancy get-ups. Nobody on edge, except as much as they're waitin' for someone to be rude to them. Which – I-I mean, I ain't tryin' to make you feel bad about it! No, no. It's just..." He chuckles uncomfortably as he admits, "I really did come a long way to be here, Mrs. Durant. To come to terms with the differences between your world and mine. Between you and your children and me. It's been a long journey. That's all I'm tryin' to say, even if I maybe ain't well-worded enough to say it how I'd like."