[Galahad's expression softens as he listens to Beelzebub and takes in the deep sadness in the angel's tone. It's rarer that he hears the angel sound so broken about anything. Reflexively, his touch in the angel's hair lightens to something more soothing as he washes the remainder of the light soap out of the angel's hair. Once it's out, he'll be finished and Bee's hair will be fresh and clean.]
That is horrific, [the knight agrees, shaking his head.] I can see why someone would keep things to themselves, after all. 'Tis not an easy life, being a king and having powerful enemies. Not in any sense.
Arthur has lost much over the years, too. Not nearly as much as your lord, but kings have so much to shoulder regardless of who they are. It takes incredible strength, to be able to do what they do. [It's something Galahad has enormous respect for.]
Aye, so I can imagine. Although the point I wanted to make was-- humans will probably keep making these assumptions around you. Ones that know you better may learn or know enough not to, but the rest won't be well informed.
[It's an indirect way to say what he means, but his hope is that the angels wouldn't laugh at humans who didn't know about their world.]
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That is horrific, [the knight agrees, shaking his head.] I can see why someone would keep things to themselves, after all. 'Tis not an easy life, being a king and having powerful enemies. Not in any sense.
Arthur has lost much over the years, too. Not nearly as much as your lord, but kings have so much to shoulder regardless of who they are. It takes incredible strength, to be able to do what they do. [It's something Galahad has enormous respect for.]
Aye, so I can imagine. Although the point I wanted to make was-- humans will probably keep making these assumptions around you. Ones that know you better may learn or know enough not to, but the rest won't be well informed.
[It's an indirect way to say what he means, but his hope is that the angels wouldn't laugh at humans who didn't know about their world.]