I am not bothered, as long as you realize the sentiment is not returned.
[ Which is true. Gilgamesh doesn't make a habit of softening his words for the sake of other people's feelings -- but again, it's not cruel, it's not said out of an intention to distance himself from Reinhardt entirely. There have been plenty of people he enjoyed the company of without acknowledging them as a friend, and Reinhardt would be no different. ]
Your highness, Gilgamesh, your majesty, "my friend" ... However you wish to refer to me is fine. As long as you are not too presumptuous. But you ... You do not seem to be that sort.
[ He'd gathered that impression already, and how Reinhardt seems to take the news with relative ease only helps to confirm that. It's a sort of easygoing nature that only continues to make him nostalgic. ]
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[ Which is true. Gilgamesh doesn't make a habit of softening his words for the sake of other people's feelings -- but again, it's not cruel, it's not said out of an intention to distance himself from Reinhardt entirely. There have been plenty of people he enjoyed the company of without acknowledging them as a friend, and Reinhardt would be no different. ]
Your highness, Gilgamesh, your majesty, "my friend" ... However you wish to refer to me is fine. As long as you are not too presumptuous. But you ... You do not seem to be that sort.
[ He'd gathered that impression already, and how Reinhardt seems to take the news with relative ease only helps to confirm that. It's a sort of easygoing nature that only continues to make him nostalgic. ]