... You? [Robert finds this hard to believe. Somebody as bubbly as Helios, as outgoing and affectionate as him, being alone? It... He doesn't know why Helios would do that.] ... I am sorry that... that you were ever alone for any r-reason.
... Nobody should ever be alone. Especially not somebody w-wonderful like you.
[The idea of social stuff not being easy for Helios is almost weird for Robert to contemplate.] It... is d-difficult for many reasons. I have... a-always been very inept, socially, and... well. It makes things harder.
[Robert notices that wince, and he frowns, but the topic change means he doesn't really comment.]
It is a strangeness that you are unfamiliar with, though.
... A strangeness, perhaps, that is in itself strange...
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... Nobody should ever be alone. Especially not somebody w-wonderful like you.
[The idea of social stuff not being easy for Helios is almost weird for Robert to contemplate.] It... is d-difficult for many reasons. I have... a-always been very inept, socially, and... well. It makes things harder.
[Robert notices that wince, and he frowns, but the topic change means he doesn't really comment.]
It is a strangeness that you are unfamiliar with, though.
... A strangeness, perhaps, that is in itself strange...