[... It's really...strange. It's nothing he's ever heard before, obviously. All he was ever told when he was sick was that he needed to get better as quickly as possible--that sickness was a weakness that was getting in the way of his ability to do what needed to be done.
That he was wasting everyone's time, being ill.
And that was when Hugo deigned to even speak with him when he was sick. More often than not, he was on his own. So this is....
He ducks his head, still a little wobbly from the illness, and pulls the blanket around his shoulders more tightly, swallowing tightly. He... doesn't really know how to handle this. When she says things like that so easily... it's so much that he's never experienced before, and it might be because he's still not entirely himself, with as sick as he still is, but he feels like his eyes are a little wet.]
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That he was wasting everyone's time, being ill.
And that was when Hugo deigned to even speak with him when he was sick. More often than not, he was on his own. So this is....
He ducks his head, still a little wobbly from the illness, and pulls the blanket around his shoulders more tightly, swallowing tightly. He... doesn't really know how to handle this. When she says things like that so easily... it's so much that he's never experienced before, and it might be because he's still not entirely himself, with as sick as he still is, but he feels like his eyes are a little wet.]