But he's gotten so good at deflecting about it that it's hard to turn it off. You can only spend so long gaslighting others about your true nature until it becomes almost uncomfortable to stop and honestly admit that you're a conniving bastard. When Gil admits to it at all, it has to be cushioned in a playful sense of sarcasm. (Because he's also a good person, always a person with noble goals. Isn't that right?) ]
It's just easy to be shameless when you're sincere.
[ Feeling shame means doubting the actions you take and the path you are on. Far be it from Gilbert Durandal to experience a feeling like that. He may feign embarrassment and humility for sympathy of outsiders, but it's all just part of the game that he likes to win.
Gil holds out his hand for Rau to take. He was kidding about permanent hand-holding, but now he just feels like being provocatively shameless in his own way to prod for reaction. ]
no subject
[ Which he is.
But he's gotten so good at deflecting about it that it's hard to turn it off. You can only spend so long gaslighting others about your true nature until it becomes almost uncomfortable to stop and honestly admit that you're a conniving bastard. When Gil admits to it at all, it has to be cushioned in a playful sense of sarcasm. (Because he's also a good person, always a person with noble goals. Isn't that right?) ]
It's just easy to be shameless when you're sincere.
[ Feeling shame means doubting the actions you take and the path you are on. Far be it from Gilbert Durandal to experience a feeling like that. He may feign embarrassment and humility for sympathy of outsiders, but it's all just part of the game that he likes to win.
Gil holds out his hand for Rau to take. He was kidding about permanent hand-holding, but now he just feels like being provocatively shameless in his own way to prod for reaction. ]