[ and now, the crux of it. whether or not to tell the truth.
glynda, surely, would react poorly. she is already weighed down with too much. james, too, would react poorly, but in a much different way. internalizing it, with quiet guilt and pressure, until it beat him down, too. both of them are better off without knowing, not until ozpin is certain.
qrow, though, ozpin can trust to be honest. and open. and while he copes with his pain in a wholly unhealthy way, ozpin knows when he's feeling it. more than that, qrow is in the field. qrow is ozpin's eyes and ears, and he would understand why ozpin has been silent thusfar.
so, he pauses -- obviously weighing out whether or not to tell him, before... ]
I believe I was taken to Salem.
[ it's said evenly, with no show of fear or anxiety. calmly stated, as if talking about the weather. ]
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glynda, surely, would react poorly. she is already weighed down with too much. james, too, would react poorly, but in a much different way. internalizing it, with quiet guilt and pressure, until it beat him down, too. both of them are better off without knowing, not until ozpin is certain.
qrow, though, ozpin can trust to be honest. and open. and while he copes with his pain in a wholly unhealthy way, ozpin knows when he's feeling it. more than that, qrow is in the field. qrow is ozpin's eyes and ears, and he would understand why ozpin has been silent thusfar.
so, he pauses -- obviously weighing out whether or not to tell him, before... ]
I believe I was taken to Salem.
[ it's said evenly, with no show of fear or anxiety. calmly stated, as if talking about the weather. ]