I don't think trust is going to fix this, Vax. You see it as me not trusting you, and I see it as you not trusting me. One of us is wrong, or both of us, perhaps. But...this isn't something you can just ask me to change my opinion on.
But I am willing to try to listen to what you need.
I just ask you to think what it means, to come into someone else's home, to tell them that you think you know a better way to treat that home than they do, and to suggest that if they don't change their mind to match yours, they lack trust in you.
[not harshly, but sternly.]
If you're going to ask me to change my mind about my home, I'm going to need something else from you, not that. I am not refusing to hear you, but I'm not being convinced, either.
I don't know anything about Exandria. I don't know what it is. I know you've showed me some of it, but the word means nothing to me, it doesn't stir up any feelings, like...
[hmmm.]
I've never thought about "home" as something that can be summed up in terms of continents or maps.
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But I am willing to try to listen to what you need.
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he gives a little shrug, expression no less uneasy, shoulders a little hunched. ]
...'s all we can ask for. And - I'll try. To keep in mind what you're saying, too. I'll try.
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[not harshly, but sternly.]
If you're going to ask me to change my mind about my home, I'm going to need something else from you, not that. I am not refusing to hear you, but I'm not being convinced, either.
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... eventually, quietly: ]
... What about Exandria?
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[he seems a little caught off guard by the question.]
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[hmmm.]
I've never thought about "home" as something that can be summed up in terms of continents or maps.
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More like people?
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...As far as I see it, that's not likely to happen.
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