[Beatrix pauses for just some moments as she considers how to address him. Of course it's not. Kindness is a strength. Having the ability to be kind is a boon, not a curse. However...
She clears her throat.]
I do understand that. It may seem that I do not, but I do. I simply wish to be perceived in a certain way. Things are significantly easier when people find me to be intimidating or difficult to approach. There is no need to grow close to me, to make expectations of me that I may otherwise be incapable of meeting, and the fact of the matter is that in Alexandria it is not as though I have others I would call 'friends.' Frankly, I have no idea how to be a friend, or anything else to someone. That is the way of it.
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[Beatrix pauses for just some moments as she considers how to address him. Of course it's not. Kindness is a strength. Having the ability to be kind is a boon, not a curse. However...
She clears her throat.]
I do understand that. It may seem that I do not, but I do. I simply wish to be perceived in a certain way. Things are significantly easier when people find me to be intimidating or difficult to approach. There is no need to grow close to me, to make expectations of me that I may otherwise be incapable of meeting, and the fact of the matter is that in Alexandria it is not as though I have others I would call 'friends.' Frankly, I have no idea how to be a friend, or anything else to someone. That is the way of it.
[Beatrix shakes her head and she proceeds.]