If it is so simple a thing, why do you not do the same?
[ How deep it runs or how long it goes- he does not know that for certain. But he does know this? Isn't Bruce. It is some act, some ploy, a play all his own meant to curry favor though he does not seem to wish any affection or power or influence that might come of it. It is something he does to hide whatever secrets gave him his scars and leaves him uneasy around compliments or consideration. ]
Why hide?
[ A mask may be what Zevran used to keep life easy and simple, but this? This thing Bruce wears and walks around as instead of whatever it is he might be in truth Is far more dishonest in ways he can't begin to describe.
The idea of setting aside his masks, of being something else- of speaking what he thinks rather than twisting himself about to be what they might find appealing?
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[ How deep it runs or how long it goes- he does not know that for certain. But he does know this? Isn't Bruce. It is some act, some ploy, a play all his own meant to curry favor though he does not seem to wish any affection or power or influence that might come of it. It is something he does to hide whatever secrets gave him his scars and leaves him uneasy around compliments or consideration. ]
Why hide?
[ A mask may be what Zevran used to keep life easy and simple, but this? This thing Bruce wears and walks around as instead of whatever it is he might be in truth Is far more dishonest in ways he can't begin to describe.
The idea of setting aside his masks, of being something else- of speaking what he thinks rather than twisting himself about to be what they might find appealing?
It cannot be so simple as that. ]