[... wait. Is Hades jealous of Steven? Holy shit, he is.
Steven would be more smug about this, if he didn't know that Hythlo's interest in him was mostly based on needing a confidant with all the bullshit in his life that Hades had caused and Steven was one of the few people who tolerated him in large enough doses to be that confidant. And because he hadn't rejected Hythlodaeus when Hythlodaeus had told him he wasn't the real Hythlodaeus at all.]
That's because you're not thinking this *through*. You've got a new flame who you're very passionate about, Emet-Selch, and Hythlodaeus needs *someone* to talk to about how much he misses the relationship he *used* to have with you. Seeking my company while distancing himself from yours has nothing to do with *me* and everything to do with *you*.
Seriously.
I mean, yeah, sure, sometimes we talk about my bullshit, and I know he does actually like me as a person, though it's up in the air whether he actually *cares* about me, but don't get me wrong: he's seeking my company over yours in this case because he knows I'll give him a sympathetic ear.
So if you're finding something amiss about that, then maybe you should think a little about *why* he needs to go to someone else for his sympathetic ear.
[Also, fuck you for basically insulting him to his face, Hades.]
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Steven would be more smug about this, if he didn't know that Hythlo's interest in him was mostly based on needing a confidant with all the bullshit in his life that Hades had caused and Steven was one of the few people who tolerated him in large enough doses to be that confidant. And because he hadn't rejected Hythlodaeus when Hythlodaeus had told him he wasn't the real Hythlodaeus at all.]
That's because you're not thinking this *through*. You've got a new flame who you're very passionate about, Emet-Selch, and Hythlodaeus needs *someone* to talk to about how much he misses the relationship he *used* to have with you. Seeking my company while distancing himself from yours has nothing to do with *me* and everything to do with *you*.
Seriously.
I mean, yeah, sure, sometimes we talk about my bullshit, and I know he does actually like me as a person, though it's up in the air whether he actually *cares* about me, but don't get me wrong: he's seeking my company over yours in this case because he knows I'll give him a sympathetic ear.
So if you're finding something amiss about that, then maybe you should think a little about *why* he needs to go to someone else for his sympathetic ear.
[Also, fuck you for basically insulting him to his face, Hades.]