[ His head tilts to the side as he considers her, eyes going wide. She's... upset? He expected her to be angry with him when he spoke candidly on this but not to be... well, hurt, that's the only word that really fits her reaction.
He raises his hand to reach out for her, intent to try to offer some comfort, but he hesitates. Thinking better of it he lets that hand return to his side, though he doesn't look away from her. ]
A... confession. If I had not possessed certainty such action would only have harmed yourself, I would have issued to him proper challenge. But this is not the way humans accomplish things, it would have accomplished little.
[ He sighs, smoke trailing from his nostrils as he does. ]
I am... this is... [ He's scratching that spot again, a little more agitatedly than before to the point that a scale actually drops off. ] There is much I am... unused to. In the world of origin Godzilla spends most time in slumber, there is little reason to do otherwise. My kind was lost long ago, my chosen Brother in times more recent yet still of ancient reckoning to humanity, and Mothra... she is oft in her cycles of reincarnation. There is little to life aside from the duty as King, the protection of the territory, the rule over the Titans. I do not live like a living being should.
[ He shakes his head almost in disgust at that fact. ]
Or I did not. Such things have changed since the crossing of our respective paths. There is... much I have been made to consider differently due to your companionship.
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He raises his hand to reach out for her, intent to try to offer some comfort, but he hesitates. Thinking better of it he lets that hand return to his side, though he doesn't look away from her. ]
A... confession. If I had not possessed certainty such action would only have harmed yourself, I would have issued to him proper challenge. But this is not the way humans accomplish things, it would have accomplished little.
[ He sighs, smoke trailing from his nostrils as he does. ]
I am... this is... [ He's scratching that spot again, a little more agitatedly than before to the point that a scale actually drops off. ] There is much I am... unused to. In the world of origin Godzilla spends most time in slumber, there is little reason to do otherwise. My kind was lost long ago, my chosen Brother in times more recent yet still of ancient reckoning to humanity, and Mothra... she is oft in her cycles of reincarnation. There is little to life aside from the duty as King, the protection of the territory, the rule over the Titans. I do not live like a living being should.
[ He shakes his head almost in disgust at that fact. ]
Or I did not. Such things have changed since the crossing of our respective paths. There is... much I have been made to consider differently due to your companionship.