Unfortunately, it's not that easy to change (what you believe know is) a fundamental truth about who you are as a person. Cobalt is unlovable and gullible and stupid in the same way that he's tall and his hair is black. It's just how he is.
However, even in middle of this (normal and routine) horrible nightmare maelstrom of insecurity, suspicion, terror, heartbreak, and shame (which happens every time this subject is ever broached) he feels... appreciative, that Intensity cared enough to try. It's stuff like that that helps him feel cared for and comforted, even though he's... the way he is.
That said, he is also extremely grateful for the opportunity to stop talking (and thinking) about this.
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Unfortunately, it's not that easy to change (what you
believeknow is) a fundamental truth about who you are as a person. Cobalt is unlovable and gullible and stupid in the same way that he's tall and his hair is black. It's just how he is.However, even in middle of this (normal and routine) horrible nightmare maelstrom of insecurity, suspicion, terror, heartbreak, and shame (which happens every time this subject is ever broached) he feels... appreciative, that Intensity cared enough to try. It's stuff like that that helps him feel cared for and comforted, even though he's... the way he is.
That said, he is also extremely grateful for the opportunity to stop talking (and thinking) about this.
Which is to say, he follows.]