[Tim stays quiet as he just... listens to her talk. And of course it's upsetting to hear, it would be upsetting no matter who it was about. But he doesn't say anything about that, because that's not what this is about. Any sympathy he offers about the whole thing would just be obvious.
Far more important are the parallels here.
Staying with a horrible master even knowing that it was all wrong, all because of fear.
It's funny. He'd been so focused on the part about his identity, finally finding people who could relate to that, that he hadn't even thought about... well, all the rest.
It's an understanding he almost, briefly, thought he had with Athena, but then everything had fallen apart.
But this isn't an almost at all.]
Fear's a powerful thing...
[He's saying that to himself as much as to her. More so, maybe. He's not entirely sure what to say. There's a lot of thoughts to sort out here.]
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Far more important are the parallels here.
Staying with a horrible master even knowing that it was all wrong, all because of fear.
It's funny. He'd been so focused on the part about his identity, finally finding people who could relate to that, that he hadn't even thought about... well, all the rest.
It's an understanding he almost, briefly, thought he had with Athena, but then everything had fallen apart.
But this isn't an almost at all.]
Fear's a powerful thing...
[He's saying that to himself as much as to her. More so, maybe. He's not entirely sure what to say. There's a lot of thoughts to sort out here.]
Has she... ever been here?