There's a long stretch of time where Claude just listens to him with an expression that's getting flatter by the second. He still doesn't understand most of that, except for the part about a fantasy protagonist and nonfiction-- ah, right.
"Listen. This isn't a novel, or whatever you're going on about. This is real, okay? The sooner you accept it, the easier this'll go for you."
He kind of feels sorry for him, actually, and his blunt response is coming from a place of sympathy. It's not surprising someone might want to delude themselves in a crazy scenario like this. Claude's only taking it so well because keeping a cool head in a crisis is what makes a leader worth their position; this is the sort of thing he's studied and trained for.
"If you're anything like me, you had a dream, you woke up in a crystal, and then someone brought you here, right? Didn't they have the decency to explain anything to you, or did they just ditch you?"
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"Listen. This isn't a novel, or whatever you're going on about. This is real, okay? The sooner you accept it, the easier this'll go for you."
He kind of feels sorry for him, actually, and his blunt response is coming from a place of sympathy. It's not surprising someone might want to delude themselves in a crazy scenario like this. Claude's only taking it so well because keeping a cool head in a crisis is what makes a leader worth their position; this is the sort of thing he's studied and trained for.
"If you're anything like me, you had a dream, you woke up in a crystal, and then someone brought you here, right? Didn't they have the decency to explain anything to you, or did they just ditch you?"