[Oh yes, that is...something that Pepper has come to recognize even if he has always done his best to let it roll off of him. "Like water off a duck's back", his mother used to say, given the fact that he's always been sensitive since childhood. You'd think a person like him wouldn't be able to make it in the kind of world he was raised in, but it's also the only reason he's managing to keep it together now without absolutely falling apart outside of the reach of his kingdom and its people.
He knows he can't do much here, and that's fine. Maybe not quite so fine for his company, but...what choice does she have but to stick with him, at this point? Unless she'd rather go alone, of course. Not like they have much room to work with, trapped in this ship's hold as they are.]
Right...
[He sighs, shifting a bit where he's still sitting on the wooden floor. Though he does have to wonder...]
Should we try to see if we can't escape this room? Surely there must be some way out of it.
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He knows he can't do much here, and that's fine. Maybe not quite so fine for his company, but...what choice does she have but to stick with him, at this point? Unless she'd rather go alone, of course. Not like they have much room to work with, trapped in this ship's hold as they are.]
Right...
[He sighs, shifting a bit where he's still sitting on the wooden floor. Though he does have to wonder...]
Should we try to see if we can't escape this room? Surely there must be some way out of it.