(07-09-2014, 06:18 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote: "...shake hands and be friends."
He doubted it could be /that/ simple. Given what he'd done to Kage. But at the same time, he also knew Kage valued his friends and family above all else.
He very calmly tries to explain to Natalie. "You know....I'm the one responsible for well....this." He's not exactly as smooth-talking when showing guilt. He wasn't sure if Natalie got the whole "Merc is responsible for Kage become a miqo'te thi"ng", so he'd have to be more specific.Â
"Hmm, well. OK, let's try this." He removed the glamour from his head hiding the Garlean third eye. "This is me. I am a Garlean and I signed up for an experiment to get artificial aether reserves. And well, I think Kage can tell you how well they worked. Let's just say lots of things went bloody wrong, and I was dumped into Thanalan without any memories of my life. A series of bad decisions and bad employers, and I found myself at the Ceruleum Processing Plants handling a kidnapping, which is where I met Kage. You try imagining what to do when you're half-crazy. Of course I went after the little bugger. Things progressed pretty normally during my anger management "issues" period and I met a certain hyuran woman who was probably the only link to my past. Fast forward a bit and I kidnapped Kage and I think you've seen the rest yourself, or the important bits. Oh, and Frhanz died. Sorta. It's complicated to explain, but let's just say there's an echo of his memories, skills, and experiences in me and not go into aether-theory."
It was wordy, probably a terrible idea, and if he was lucky, maybe Natalie wouldn't be debating whether to fall asleep or to kill him on the spot. If he was going to make any amends for what he'd done, he'd have to give the full story eventually, and hiding who he was wasn't helping.
Getting it out was good too, as the stress with trying to manage hiding the truth was gone. He sighed, "so if you really think we can be on friendly terms after that, I'm all for it. I don't expect Kage to forgive and forget the terrible things I've done, nor do I expect things will simply 'get better' without the effort involved. "
"But also imagining waking up one day and realizing how much of your life you take for granted. Friend. Family. Not being dumped out of your country. I don't have those, and can't even remember how my life led up to that. Hells, I was probably the most surprised when I blurted out I might have a wife and daughter, even if I can't go 'home' ".
At this point Merc was defenseless, vulnerable, and pretty much man-sobbing. It much have looked utterly ridiculous. He didn't know why he felt comfortable letting so much information out, and simply attributed it to another one of Frhanz's habits. The elezen had certainly like to talk endlessly, and couldn't have been defenseless while doing so.
"So there you have it. Do with me what you will. I think we all know a jail probably won't get very far."
