"I'm generally a fan of people who don't enjoy killing other people, yeah," Pepper replies mildly. Lloyd does sound like the kind of person Pepper would get along with. "You know that someone can care about you and be totally furious with you at the same time, right? It's okay to have it both ways. If Lloyd forgave you, he must have faith in you still, whether you like it or not."
Turns out you don't get to choose how other people feel about you. She's worried about Zelos, but doesn't think he's in any immediate danger. If he was trying to get someone else to kill him, he's hopefully not likely to do it with his own hand.
"If you'd done something like that to me, I would want to know why," she continues with a light shrug. "Especially if we'd gotten to be good friends. I would want to know what got you to that point. Maybe Lloyd did, too. Maybe he thought you deserved the chance to explain, or to change, or maybe some part of him knew you needed help, not a sword to the chest. I don't know. Whatever it was, you're here now; Keeliai is definitely the place to go for second chances, but that doesn't mean you can ignore your past. None of us can. I'm all for looking forward, but sometimes you have to turn around and face what got you where you are before you can take another step," Pepper tells him. "When you're ready. I can't make you do anything, like I said, but... I'm here, okay? I want to get to know you better and I want to understand and I want to help if you want that. It's up to you."
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Turns out you don't get to choose how other people feel about you. She's worried about Zelos, but doesn't think he's in any immediate danger. If he was trying to get someone else to kill him, he's hopefully not likely to do it with his own hand.
"If you'd done something like that to me, I would want to know why," she continues with a light shrug. "Especially if we'd gotten to be good friends. I would want to know what got you to that point. Maybe Lloyd did, too. Maybe he thought you deserved the chance to explain, or to change, or maybe some part of him knew you needed help, not a sword to the chest. I don't know. Whatever it was, you're here now; Keeliai is definitely the place to go for second chances, but that doesn't mean you can ignore your past. None of us can. I'm all for looking forward, but sometimes you have to turn around and face what got you where you are before you can take another step," Pepper tells him. "When you're ready. I can't make you do anything, like I said, but... I'm here, okay? I want to get to know you better and I want to understand and I want to help if you want that. It's up to you."