First of all, I owe you an apology. Doing so immediately after the fact would have felt fake, but you deserve to know my thoughts on the matter. It's up to you if you want to accept them.
Everything I said during the trial was callous in a way I never wanted anybody else to ever experience. When I was a little older than you are now, I went on a quest and came back after a dragon clawed me in the face. Everyone at camp pitied me and Chiron made a new rule that no one else was ever allowed to go on quests after that. I hated it. I hated the way people talked about me like I wasn't there, the way they tiptoed around the subject...and yet I did exactly the same thing to you. And I'm sorry for that.
Sometimes people get caught up in their own agendas trying to protect the people they care about. That doesn't make this a better excuse. You've been nothing but bright and capable the entire time we've been on this ship, and even if most of this apparently isn't real? You've done the most heroic thing possible to keep living and fight the good fight.
You and Marinette are good kids. You're both a little reckless and stubborn but I think that's just how heroes are. I trust you to keep your head up and press on no matter what happens. And I hope someday you can forgive me and forgive yourself. What happened wasn't your fault. I'm just more sorry we didn't figure this out sooner.
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ADRIEN;
First of all, I owe you an apology. Doing so immediately after the fact would have felt fake, but you deserve to know my thoughts on the matter. It's up to you if you want to accept them.
Everything I said during the trial was callous in a way I never wanted anybody else to ever experience. When I was a little older than you are now, I went on a quest and came back after a dragon clawed me in the face. Everyone at camp pitied me and Chiron made a new rule that no one else was ever allowed to go on quests after that. I hated it. I hated the way people talked about me like I wasn't there, the way they tiptoed around the subject...and yet I did exactly the same thing to you. And I'm sorry for that.
Sometimes people get caught up in their own agendas trying to protect the people they care about. That doesn't make this a better excuse. You've been nothing but bright and capable the entire time we've been on this ship, and even if most of this apparently isn't real? You've done the most heroic thing possible to keep living and fight the good fight.
You and Marinette are good kids. You're both a little reckless and stubborn but I think that's just how heroes are. I trust you to keep your head up and press on no matter what happens. And I hope someday you can forgive me and forgive yourself. What happened wasn't your fault. I'm just more sorry we didn't figure this out sooner.
Best of luck with everything, okay?