[The Balladeer cocks his head for a moment, frowning, as if collecting his thoughts.]
You know I don't have a family, so tell me if I'm out of line. But if you have to do all that just to get a shot at acknowledgement, it's not really going to happen. Not the way you want it to. Thinking you're...useful isn't the same thing as actually caring.
You've got a whole world of possibilities open to you, Hans. You really do. There's probably a million things out there that would end up making you happy.
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[The Balladeer cocks his head for a moment, frowning, as if collecting his thoughts.]
You know I don't have a family, so tell me if I'm out of line. But if you have to do all that just to get a shot at acknowledgement, it's not really going to happen. Not the way you want it to. Thinking you're...useful isn't the same thing as actually caring.
You've got a whole world of possibilities open to you, Hans. You really do. There's probably a million things out there that would end up making you happy.