Re: [Accidently includes Sebastian in filter to Calum]
I think part of the issue is that I'm used to mentally classifying myself as an outsider. I'm never at home, and even if I had Landis again, it wouldn't be home after spending half my life outside it. It did come in handy, in the work, in the sense that I spent a lot of time watching the patterns of law and people's weaknesses and ignoring the insults until I had to recount what I remembered. Didn't make friends, but -
It's always odd to me that Balthier treats us so gently. It's like he recognizes the patterns, and I'm not sure how he does. Well, his father was perceptive, if mad, so that may've contributed to things. Or something in those past memories he has.
The safety thing - I suppose that's important? Hard to tell your heart's weight without feeling safe to show it.