!!! ty. i tried to strike the correct balance between 'touch and emotion-starved dave' with 'untrustworthy, traumatized dave.' sometimes he feels okay with everything, like when dirk sits with him in the bath, or when he asked dirk to 'do his hair.' but other times he doesn't, like when he runs immediately to his room, refuses food, or asks for Hal, the guy who probably looks a lot more like a Knight in Shining Armor than dirk ever will because Hal is the one who took risks and flat out rescued him directly from the tiger's jaw.
and i wanted to shed light on Dave's unique situation without parading it around, considering dirk's POV doesn't know as much as he could. he barely knew dave existed until dave was standing right in front of him. now all dirk, and the audience, has is speculation. upsetting speculation.
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orphan_account on Chapter 2 Mon 23 Sep 2019 07:47PM UTC
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