That... Seems less like an anger problem and more like very justified anger.
[Although the revenge part of that whole story is... Not great, but it's also very different from what is normally falls under anger issues.
He's quiet another few moments, watching Ephemera's reaction.]
You're here.
[He confirms the statement, crossing his arms, though the gesture is more for his own benefit than a reaction to anything Ephemera said or did. He just finds the situation distressing, both due to feeling for Ephemera and in thinking about how he'd react if some of the less than pleasant people from his world showed up here. How would he handle it?]
You're right in that killing him is not an option here.
[He'd like to say it's not an option anywhere, but he's not even going to try getting into that argument.]
As frustrating and unsatisfying though it might be, your best course of action in this place is to act like he doesn't exist. You're not going to gain anything by speaking to--or fighting with, or doing whatever else to--him.
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Date: 2017-10-13 01:50 am (UTC)That... Seems less like an anger problem and more like very justified anger.
[Although the revenge part of that whole story is... Not great, but it's also very different from what is normally falls under anger issues.
He's quiet another few moments, watching Ephemera's reaction.]
You're here.
[He confirms the statement, crossing his arms, though the gesture is more for his own benefit than a reaction to anything Ephemera said or did. He just finds the situation distressing, both due to feeling for Ephemera and in thinking about how he'd react if some of the less than pleasant people from his world showed up here. How would he handle it?]
You're right in that killing him is not an option here.
[He'd like to say it's not an option anywhere, but he's not even going to try getting into that argument.]
As frustrating and unsatisfying though it might be, your best course of action in this place is to act like he doesn't exist. You're not going to gain anything by speaking to--or fighting with, or doing whatever else to--him.