[Foster has openly accepted that he's irredeemable and stupid and incompetent, nasty, worthless garbage, but that is not what the Psionic said at all, in any words.
What Psi said was several flavours of the Ringmaster not 'understanding' him, or having denounced his behaviour in some way, or just hating the way he talks.
The last one is what forces him to pause longest. He's known that has been extra aware of it since the last time she acknowledged his existence--since she'd condemned his spell. And it's for that reason he'd come into this having worked out his words in advance.
Words that were meant for a very different conversation.
Now, suddenly, he's being tested in a way he was unprepared for--and he is neither equipped for it nor happy to suddenly be here.]
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What Psi said was several flavours of the Ringmaster not 'understanding' him, or having denounced his behaviour in some way, or just hating the way he talks.
The last one is what forces him to pause longest. He's known that has been extra aware of it since the last time she acknowledged his existence--since she'd condemned his spell. And it's for that reason he'd come into this having worked out his words in advance.
Words that were meant for a very different conversation.
Now, suddenly, he's being tested in a way he was unprepared for--and he is neither equipped for it nor happy to suddenly be here.]
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I want to do more for you.
[That... was an attempt.]