[Boa crawled down from Sollux's neck, settling in a little ball in his lap again. Sollux put both hands on the Pokémon's back, desperate to have them do something, anything, so he didn't look so stunned by this.]
Maybe that's true.
[His head slumps.]
Maybe I don't think anyone is respectable anymore. Maybe... maybe I don't think, or feel, anything at all.
[His hands continue to mess around with Boa. Petting him, letting him rest his head in Sollux's hand.]
But I did, at one time.
Before all this happened. Before my mind was shot to hell.
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[Boa crawled down from Sollux's neck, settling in a little ball in his lap again. Sollux put both hands on the Pokémon's back, desperate to have them do something, anything, so he didn't look so stunned by this.]
Maybe that's true.
[His head slumps.]
Maybe I don't think anyone is respectable anymore. Maybe... maybe I don't think, or feel, anything at all.
[His hands continue to mess around with Boa. Petting him, letting him rest his head in Sollux's hand.]
But I did, at one time.
Before all this happened. Before my mind was shot to hell.
I respected you. I respected you a lot.