[ derek's kneejerk reaction is - concern, but. nick keeps talking. he explains things... surprisingly reasonably, and the more he talks, the more derek feels like kind of an asshole for being unnerved by all this magic shit. nick says he just does what he does to defend himself, and that actually hits pretty close to home. that actually makes him see all this in a different light. ]
Okay... okay - look. People are scared of werewolves back home. We're hunted down and killed, even when we just - keep to ourselves. My mom always told me... "werewolves are predators, but we don't have to be killers". We don't have to be violent, dangerous animals just because that's how the world sees us. Maybe that's something you can relate to, to some degree. Curses, demons - that's unnerving, for me. It's probably unnerving to most people who haven't lived the life you've lived. But. Having a connection to those things is just who you are. This is just what you do. I shouldn't be scared of that. Not when I know you're a good person. Feels hypocritical.
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[ derek's kneejerk reaction is - concern, but. nick keeps talking. he explains things... surprisingly reasonably, and the more he talks, the more derek feels like kind of an asshole for being unnerved by all this magic shit. nick says he just does what he does to defend himself, and that actually hits pretty close to home. that actually makes him see all this in a different light. ]
Okay... okay - look.
People are scared of werewolves back home. We're hunted down and killed, even when we just - keep to ourselves.
My mom always told me... "werewolves are predators, but we don't have to be killers". We don't have to be violent, dangerous animals just because that's how the world sees us.
Maybe that's something you can relate to, to some degree.
Curses, demons - that's unnerving, for me. It's probably unnerving to most people who haven't lived the life you've lived.
But.
Having a connection to those things is just who you are. This is just what you do.
I shouldn't be scared of that. Not when I know you're a good person.
Feels hypocritical.