[He doesn't believe him. And there is a part of him that wants to turn his back. It'd be considered deeply insulting to his own people to just turn his back on someone talking to him. The visible rejection.]
[The same way it's insulting to stomp on a party invite.]
[But he doesn't have the energy to even do that.]
[He just briefly glances up at him with a dull expression and then lowers his face again. He doesn't have the energy to react and he's given up.]
[Later on, though, he will remember this. Alongside all the trying to coax him into understanding he's safe, even as he held Tim captive. Alongside insisting that there are people that won't let anyone hurt him. He'll remember that Tim offered that protection and then refused to leave him.]
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[The same way it's insulting to stomp on a party invite.]
[But he doesn't have the energy to even do that.]
[He just briefly glances up at him with a dull expression and then lowers his face again. He doesn't have the energy to react and he's given up.]
[Later on, though, he will remember this. Alongside all the trying to coax him into understanding he's safe, even as he held Tim captive. Alongside insisting that there are people that won't let anyone hurt him. He'll remember that Tim offered that protection and then refused to leave him.]