[His own teeth are gritted. It's disgusting, is a good word for it. Disgusting that someone would make that sort of call. But she's related to one his co-workers, and he tells himself he's replying to this girl - someone he barely knows - because of that. He doesn't gotta preach to the world. Just fix what he sees right in front of him]
And I get bein' honest. [It's why he made the admission here in Luceti. It's why he stopped trying to deceive his friends during the fight with Amaimon. It's why he stopped hiding his tail. It's why he's not made it a secret he's a demon, here in Luceti, in over a year. But being honest is entirely different than an admission which is just going to hurt people, particularly if it's going to hurt more people than just herself.] I do.
[And now he exhales hard through his nose, trying to reign in his own temper (he knows it's bad) and keep an even tone] But being honest isn't the same as just tellin' everyone a big story about how bad you are. There's kids listenin'. There's Prim's friends and coworkers, and all kinds of other people. Maybe you wanna tell everyone you know, and fine, but if you do it in some big public thing like this, it's just gonna be that much more [...Awkward is too soft of word] hard for Prim when she's gotta tell 'em all she's your sister.
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And I get bein' honest. [It's why he made the admission here in Luceti. It's why he stopped trying to deceive his friends during the fight with Amaimon. It's why he stopped hiding his tail. It's why he's not made it a secret he's a demon, here in Luceti, in over a year. But being honest is entirely different than an admission which is just going to hurt people, particularly if it's going to hurt more people than just herself.] I do.
[And now he exhales hard through his nose, trying to reign in his own temper (he knows it's bad) and keep an even tone] But being honest isn't the same as just tellin' everyone a big story about how bad you are. There's kids listenin'. There's Prim's friends and coworkers, and all kinds of other people. Maybe you wanna tell everyone you know, and fine, but if you do it in some big public thing like this, it's just gonna be that much more [...Awkward is too soft of word] hard for Prim when she's gotta tell 'em all she's your sister.