Oh shut up, I didn’t exactly picture this life for myself.

[ it’s said with a wry smile and without any bite, just an acknowledgment of how ironic life is sometimes. he remembers he used to talk about setting off on a journey as an aloof hero when he was a child. now he’s an uneasy villain standing at a fork on the road.

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Quiet, huh? That sounds nice actually. [ a quiet peace. ] Good thing you have friends now, though. It must get lonely otherwise.