"Is that why he thinks you hate him?" Furfur asks, knowing that the answer is probably yes. He's mostly just hoping that Finnick will elaborate on what happened without him having to ask directly.
"It's just tough, yanno?" he adds after a few moments of contemplative silence. "Where I'm from, gettin' close to people is a good way to get yourself hurt, whether that's cuz someone uses your attachment against you, or the person you're close to stabs you in the back. Only people I could remotely trust was my mother and my siblings, and even then, I had to watch what I said. The things we talked about before, and what we're talkin' about now..."
He lifts his head, turning to face Finnick fully so that the other man could see how serious he was being. "This is big deal, okay? It might not seem like it, but I'm takin' a risk on you that I haven't done since I was 13. That ain't nothin'."
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"It's just tough, yanno?" he adds after a few moments of contemplative silence. "Where I'm from, gettin' close to people is a good way to get yourself hurt, whether that's cuz someone uses your attachment against you, or the person you're close to stabs you in the back. Only people I could remotely trust was my mother and my siblings, and even then, I had to watch what I said. The things we talked about before, and what we're talkin' about now..."
He lifts his head, turning to face Finnick fully so that the other man could see how serious he was being. "This is big deal, okay? It might not seem like it, but I'm takin' a risk on you that I haven't done since I was 13. That ain't nothin'."