[Oh, that is definitely something Basil didn't want Max to connect the dots on. Aubrey = someone he's afraid of = Max could have stayed buried deep in some corner of his heart forever and he would have been fine with that.
And the worst part?]
No! I mean...I was...I was scared...
[It means he can't stop himself from answering her completely truthfully. It comes out no matter what, and now, well. They're both kinda just stuck with it, sitting on the floor of his room as they are.
For what it's worth, he has the decency to look horrified that he even would have suggested such a thing. Could have implied it. Because Max...it's differnent now. He doesn't feel that way anymore, he trusts her implicitly.
But that doesn't change the fact that that was how he'd felt before.]
It isn't your fault! There was so much going on...a-and I...I'd just gotten here...
[Years of bullying. Years of stress. Being overwhelmed. Thinking he'd potentially died...then being thrust (with good intentions) onto a trip, having Max- a partially changed monster- snap at him. It was a wonder Basil had managed to keep it together, back then.]
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Date: 2023-04-22 09:45 pm (UTC)And the worst part?]
No! I mean...I was...I was scared...
[It means he can't stop himself from answering her completely truthfully. It comes out no matter what, and now, well. They're both kinda just stuck with it, sitting on the floor of his room as they are.
For what it's worth, he has the decency to look horrified that he even would have suggested such a thing. Could have implied it. Because Max...it's differnent now. He doesn't feel that way anymore, he trusts her implicitly.
But that doesn't change the fact that that was how he'd felt before.]
It isn't your fault! There was so much going on...a-and I...I'd just gotten here...
[Years of bullying. Years of stress. Being overwhelmed. Thinking he'd potentially died...then being thrust (with good intentions) onto a trip, having Max- a partially changed monster- snap at him. It was a wonder Basil had managed to keep it together, back then.]
It- it's not...it isn't like that, I-