@high3ver asked: selfish, i suppose. not to want to spend my entire life screaming on the inside.
ㅤGregor laughed. Some small and soft thing, more a breath than anything else. A glance was cast Lady Elissa's way, fearful that she may take his laughter in bad faith, even if he was an ever-loyal knight of her father's. It simply struck him as so familiar.
ㅤHow odd a life this was, to have such status and yet be so well and truly restrained by the very same society that had granted it. Gregor had believed it to be a knight's problem, more than anything else. Or perhaps the price of existing in this world when he came from such humble origins. Play by the rules, do not speak out of turn. It was strange to think that both he and a child of a teyrn could be so similarly limited. Though he was not such a fool as to think them exactly alike.
ㅤ“ Self-sacrifice is indeed a noble trait, my lady, ” he said, hands clasped behind his back as he walked beside her. “ But... I do believe in some cases, selfishness should not always be frowned upon. ” Brow furrowed in thought, then, as if Gregor was trying to ascertain whether he was overstepping any boundaries. Gently: “ If you do not mind my asking... what is the cause of this frustration? ”