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[thinkfirst]

It seems that you're a better and more forgiving person than I am, in that case. I'm not sure I could simply wish them well, even after time had passed.

[usedhuntersmark]

That's because we left at sixteen and are nearly twenty-eight. And, honestly, I've learned to love myself without the need of anyone else. And, well, there are more people who love and accept me now that I don't need them.

Plus, they all owe me and my brother and Keyleth their lives and happiness. And there's a sort of petty pleasure I take in them owing three "dirty blooded half-elves". It's easy to be magnanimous with that in the back of my head.

[thinkfirst]

Sometime, Vex, I'd like to ask you more about that journey. Coming to love yourself on your own merit.

[usedhuntersmark]

Well, it certainly wasn't a short journey, nor was it easy. I suppose one day, if you ask very nicely, I might tell you.

But the short story is that it took a while and the help of my friends to realize that I was a good person worth being loved and liked for who I was and not what I could do for others. And, well, it's still something that I'm working on, but Percy and Vax are there to help bolster me up when needed.

[thinkfirst]

So then, it really isn't something you can learn on your own. You need help?

General you. Not you, specifically. I would also need help, is what I am asking.

[usedhuntersmark]

I suppose you can learn it on your own, but I've never had to be alone.

Not in my entire life. Part of having a twin, you know.

But, honestly, the best way that I have found and seen from others is to have the people around you help you discover who you are underneath the baggage.

[thinkfirst]

Isn't that

I don't know. Shouldn't it be my responsibility to sort myself out?

[usedhuntersmark]

You *could*, but answer me this, Flynn...

Isn't a difficult task easier to complete with the help of your friends? Or are you the type to stupidly plod along and then get flattened because you tried to do it alone?

[thinkfirst]

Of course things are easier with my friends, but there are certain things you can't ask other people to carry for you.

[usedhuntersmark]

There are, sure, but good friends never need to be asked if they're paying attention to you.

Gods know that I wouldn't have asked Vox Machina to actively join Vax and I just for revenge, but they offered to help us anyway.

[thinkfirst]

Because they were your friends, and they saw that you needed that?

[usedhuntersmark]

Yes, they love us and they want what's best for us, the same way we feel about them. Friends *generally* help each other without a thought of what payment they would get.

It's not always the case, but that's the difference between a good friend and a selfish asshole.