Part of why I let Hythlodaeus bully me into 'friendship' in the first place was *because* your kind scares the shit out of me. It was exposure therapy. I wanted to get to a point where I *wasn't* always one hairsbreadth away from losing my shit around you, because as little as we like each other we *are* stuck being coworkers for the duration.
And then I found out that I actually like Hythlo for *himself*. He's funny and a good conversationalist. Well worth spending time with, despite how nervous he makes me--and that's *why* we're actually friends for real now and not just friends out of convenience.
And, you know, he never makes me feel like he considers me his servant at best and an animate object at worst. So there's that.
I think you're maybe underestimating Hythlo's powers of understanding, though. He might not understand Tyler--as today's events goddamn show--but throughout the course of our conversations he's doing a good job of understanding *me*. Better than a lot of people, to be quite honest. [Better than you, Steven thinks but does not type.] Although possibly that's just because our minds often work in similar (but *not* the same) ways.
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And then I found out that I actually like Hythlo for *himself*. He's funny and a good conversationalist. Well worth spending time with, despite how nervous he makes me--and that's *why* we're actually friends for real now and not just friends out of convenience.
And, you know, he never makes me feel like he considers me his servant at best and an animate object at worst. So there's that.
I think you're maybe underestimating Hythlo's powers of understanding, though. He might not understand Tyler--as today's events goddamn show--but throughout the course of our conversations he's doing a good job of understanding *me*. Better than a lot of people, to be quite honest. [Better than you, Steven thinks but does not type.] Although possibly that's just because our minds often work in similar (but *not* the same) ways.