[She smirks.] I'm not sure how to take that. [But it's obvious she's just joking around.]
I've seen a lot of squires come in, and a surprising number of them walk right back out after the first couple weeks. I don't see that happening with you. Really, the more you stand out among your peers, the better you'll probably fit in with the rest of us. Our seasoned Knights tend to be quite the characters.
And I know next you'll say: "Well, I don't really have anywhere else to go." And that makes you even more fit to join us on a long-term basis. It may sound disingenuous at first, but it's just like a family unit. Or so I've been told. When you're forever stuck having to get along with someone, you tend to learn quickly to appreciate their good qualities and accept their bad.
That's how we all get along well enough to live together. Most of us don't agree on anything. And we all come from such very different backgrounds and upbringings. But we know we can rely on each other, and that we're each important in our own ways to this organization, to each other. It's something beyond camaraderie. [She pauses for half a second to consider.] It really is like a family. [She screws up her face at that to show him she realizes how ridiculous it sounds too. But then she gives him a big smile.] You'll never regret staying.
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I've seen a lot of squires come in, and a surprising number of them walk right back out after the first couple weeks. I don't see that happening with you. Really, the more you stand out among your peers, the better you'll probably fit in with the rest of us. Our seasoned Knights tend to be quite the characters.
And I know next you'll say: "Well, I don't really have anywhere else to go." And that makes you even more fit to join us on a long-term basis. It may sound disingenuous at first, but it's just like a family unit. Or so I've been told. When you're forever stuck having to get along with someone, you tend to learn quickly to appreciate their good qualities and accept their bad.
That's how we all get along well enough to live together. Most of us don't agree on anything. And we all come from such very different backgrounds and upbringings. But we know we can rely on each other, and that we're each important in our own ways to this organization, to each other. It's something beyond camaraderie. [She pauses for half a second to consider.] It really is like a family. [She screws up her face at that to show him she realizes how ridiculous it sounds too. But then she gives him a big smile.] You'll never regret staying.