That's... [He falters, averting his gaze. But it's not insecurity week anymore, so it's just a normal level of awkward.] I'd rather not talk about it. Suffice to say, I ended up in a bad situation, and he's helping me out right now.
...I don't know. [If he's totally honest. Part of his evasiveness isn't just an unwillingness to talk about it--it's a genuine inability to comprehend the situation, let alone put it into words.] We came across each other by chance at the time, it's not as though he sought me out, you know. [Though he does his best to say it in a neutral way, because he doesn't want to sound ungrateful.] But Alhaitham... he's the sort of person who never does anything that doesn't benefit himself. He won't even engage in small talk because he thinks it's a waste of his time. If he could get all of his daily needs from books, he would.
[There's just no way Alhaitham would take him in out of the goodness of his heart, he thinks. It is simply not who he is. That was the whole issue between them in the first place--Alhaitham does not believe in charity.]
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Isn't that kind of more... I don't know. Something? That you don't even get along but he was still there to help when you needed it?
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[There's just no way Alhaitham would take him in out of the goodness of his heart, he thinks. It is simply not who he is. That was the whole issue between them in the first place--Alhaitham does not believe in charity.]
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[Unfortunately it's not even like, tsuntsun denial. He just genuinely believes this is true.]
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After it ends, Kaveh just gestures like SEE? SEE????]
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[he's not he picks fights with Alhaitham just as often as the opposite]
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[Is that how it works]
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