A laugh slips out of Diarmuid's mouth when he sees Kaldur's reaction, "Is it really so surprising? Though, if it helps any, I am still not sure how I managed to get his attention as I have. I am merely a knight and he the greatest king of our kind. However, he has ordered me not to doubt my worth and so I will not. Besides, I make him happy and he is a man heavily burdened. Happiness is a rare thing for him."
Diarmuid pauses a moment, and then tilts his glass at Kaldur, "Don't tell him I said that. He will be upset that I have spoken to another about his troubles. I see you want to ask me questions about the two of us. Maybe we should change the game for a bit?"
He knows that Gilgamesh has talked to others about him. Why shouldn't he talk to others about his king? After all, he is proud of their relations and the fact he seems to be reigning the golden king in, even if just a little.
"This place has driven me as close to hatred and rage as I have ever come too. Do not feel bad you have been so tested. Just be glad that you have resisted so far," Diarmuid is honestly glad that Kaldur does not drink to this statement, though it is obvious he had to think for a while. Kaldur's statement to him draws Diarmuid into the same kind of contemplation.
Does he regret? Even though Kaldur specifically mentions being a hero, Diarmuid can't help but think back to all the things he could possibly feel regret over. A hero's life is full of hard choices, though he can say during his first life at least, he regrets none of them. Does he wish some things had gone differently? Of course. He would not have been called into the war if he did not wish that, but regret his choices he does not. He does not like that his death brought so much hardship to Grainne and the children. He does not like that his death caused Oscar to threaten his own lord and grandfather. However, had he not gone to fight the boar, others would have died. The people he was suppose to be protecting. Maybe even children. It was a fight he had to face. And Fionn...well, after Fionn let him die, it showed to everyone what kind of man he really was. No more hiding behind false words and fake smiles.
Diarmuid spent too short of a time in the war on his world to really regret anything, but here in the Drabwurld can he say that is the same? He has done much and been disappointed by many things, but does he regret? The thing he comes the closest to regretting would probably be how things went between himself and Grainne...and that he tries not to think too much about. It is painful to remember. Their fights. The anger and disappointment on her face. The hurt her words often caused him, unbeknownst to her...
But did he regret that time? It was good to see her again. To hold her and soothe her pain. He wishes he could have done more, but he has changed. He knows that now. He is not the same man who she was torn away from.
Perhaps, like so much, them parting like they did was Fate. And as such, he cannot regret it.
He takes a deep breath and finally sets his goblet to the side.
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Diarmuid pauses a moment, and then tilts his glass at Kaldur, "Don't tell him I said that. He will be upset that I have spoken to another about his troubles. I see you want to ask me questions about the two of us. Maybe we should change the game for a bit?"
He knows that Gilgamesh has talked to others about him. Why shouldn't he talk to others about his king? After all, he is proud of their relations and the fact he seems to be reigning the golden king in, even if just a little.
"This place has driven me as close to hatred and rage as I have ever come too. Do not feel bad you have been so tested. Just be glad that you have resisted so far," Diarmuid is honestly glad that Kaldur does not drink to this statement, though it is obvious he had to think for a while. Kaldur's statement to him draws Diarmuid into the same kind of contemplation.
Does he regret? Even though Kaldur specifically mentions being a hero, Diarmuid can't help but think back to all the things he could possibly feel regret over. A hero's life is full of hard choices, though he can say during his first life at least, he regrets none of them. Does he wish some things had gone differently? Of course. He would not have been called into the war if he did not wish that, but regret his choices he does not. He does not like that his death brought so much hardship to Grainne and the children. He does not like that his death caused Oscar to threaten his own lord and grandfather. However, had he not gone to fight the boar, others would have died. The people he was suppose to be protecting. Maybe even children. It was a fight he had to face. And Fionn...well, after Fionn let him die, it showed to everyone what kind of man he really was. No more hiding behind false words and fake smiles.
Diarmuid spent too short of a time in the war on his world to really regret anything, but here in the Drabwurld can he say that is the same? He has done much and been disappointed by many things, but does he regret? The thing he comes the closest to regretting would probably be how things went between himself and Grainne...and that he tries not to think too much about. It is painful to remember. Their fights. The anger and disappointment on her face. The hurt her words often caused him, unbeknownst to her...
But did he regret that time? It was good to see her again. To hold her and soothe her pain. He wishes he could have done more, but he has changed. He knows that now. He is not the same man who she was torn away from.
Perhaps, like so much, them parting like they did was Fate. And as such, he cannot regret it.
He takes a deep breath and finally sets his goblet to the side.
"No, I do not regret. Not back then and not now."