[ a much younger alhaitham might have flustered at being called cute. this alhaitham knows better than to fixate. you can't erase bad history. ]
"Needn't be." [ alhaitham repeats with a light snort. ] You're speaking like a seventeenth-century aristocrat. You're much more drunk than you realize.
[ in other words, yes, he does need to be kaveh's keeper. he's using the same excuse he had when they were a young pair, debating and doodling in the corner of the tavern together: someone has to take care of kaveh because no one else will—not even kaveh himself. ]
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"Needn't be." [ alhaitham repeats with a light snort. ] You're speaking like a seventeenth-century aristocrat. You're much more drunk than you realize.
[ in other words, yes, he does need to be kaveh's keeper. he's using the same excuse he had when they were a young pair, debating and doodling in the corner of the tavern together: someone has to take care of kaveh because no one else will—not even kaveh himself. ]