Everyone's entitled to their feelings. [ K acknowledges this with a slight nod, and there's something gentler in his tone when he continues. ] Them and you. But it isn't as though you retained your faculties and free will during Beasthood and chose to do any of that.
[ And those acting like she did have a choice are rubbing him entirely the wrong way. It also strikes a very personal chord in him, one that he's spent years coming to terms with â being ordered to kill his own kind. And being unable to disobey because his very programming prevented it. His past has never been a secret, but he has rarely gone into particular detail about it with the kids of Deerington and Trench, and he isn't sure that now is the time to. But maybe he can at least help Luna feel less alone. ]
I know what it is to lack free will. And do... terrible things. I had no more choice than you did, but most treated me as though I chose to be a slave. Our situations aren't identical, but â I still don't think you deserve such harsh treatment. [ He punctuates this with a grim smile, moving to set the thermos and basket on the counter. ]
Oh, no, it's fully vegetarian. And enough to share with Peter, of course. I hope it agrees with you. [ Though in hindsight perhaps he should have made more, at least enough for a few meals. Well. It isn't too late for that, he realises, offering: ] How about I bring both of you meals for a few days? So neither of you have to worry about cooking while you're recovering. I want to help.
[ In a strange way, it feels like they've come full circle. All that time ago, at Ben and Will's home, he'd helped with the cooking for the houseful of people he'd felt a familial connection with... Luna and Peter are among the last remaining of their little family. And now with John gone in addition to all the other losses, it only makes K want to take care of them even more. ]
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[ And those acting like she did have a choice are rubbing him entirely the wrong way. It also strikes a very personal chord in him, one that he's spent years coming to terms with â being ordered to kill his own kind. And being unable to disobey because his very programming prevented it. His past has never been a secret, but he has rarely gone into particular detail about it with the kids of Deerington and Trench, and he isn't sure that now is the time to. But maybe he can at least help Luna feel less alone. ]
I know what it is to lack free will. And do... terrible things. I had no more choice than you did, but most treated me as though I chose to be a slave. Our situations aren't identical, but â I still don't think you deserve such harsh treatment. [ He punctuates this with a grim smile, moving to set the thermos and basket on the counter. ]
Oh, no, it's fully vegetarian. And enough to share with Peter, of course. I hope it agrees with you. [ Though in hindsight perhaps he should have made more, at least enough for a few meals. Well. It isn't too late for that, he realises, offering: ] How about I bring both of you meals for a few days? So neither of you have to worry about cooking while you're recovering. I want to help.
[ In a strange way, it feels like they've come full circle. All that time ago, at Ben and Will's home, he'd helped with the cooking for the houseful of people he'd felt a familial connection with... Luna and Peter are among the last remaining of their little family. And now with John gone in addition to all the other losses, it only makes K want to take care of them even more. ]