It's a good start, because right now, Barnham is equally exhausted. His faith in what's right has been shaken pretty badly over the past few weeks; even Russell, it turns out, killed someone.
So for now, he breathes out slowly, and he nods in response to Noct's words and he takes another bite of his weird, foreign soup, and he tries to remember how to breathe.
Constantine's going to jump up and curl up next to Noct, because he's a dog and pretty smart--he's been affected by the atmosphere too.
But as for Barnham... he just takes a moment to breathe.]
... This is still a town of good people. Nothing...that has happened can change that fact.
It simply has been...set up to break us, all along. And thus--I shall not allow it to change how I feel about those who are here.
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It's a good start, because right now, Barnham is equally exhausted. His faith in what's right has been shaken pretty badly over the past few weeks; even Russell, it turns out, killed someone.
So for now, he breathes out slowly, and he nods in response to Noct's words and he takes another bite of his weird, foreign soup, and he tries to remember how to breathe.
Constantine's going to jump up and curl up next to Noct, because he's a dog and pretty smart--he's been affected by the atmosphere too.
But as for Barnham... he just takes a moment to breathe.]
... This is still a town of good people. Nothing...that has happened can change that fact.
It simply has been...set up to break us, all along. And thus--I shall not allow it to change how I feel about those who are here.
[...]
Or those who are gone.