[It doesn't comfort her, at least not right away, and the reasoning is a question that's on the tip of her tongue.
How does he know that?
She doesn't even have to ask since afterward, he offers up the answer to her. It would help if that answer made even one lick of sense. Her first reaction is anger, because it seems impossible.]
Are you lying just to make me feel better? You realize that sounds crazy, right?
[But while Klaus was a lot of things, he didn't tend to lie. He didn't need to. And what would he actually gain from telling her that her friends would be okay? It would be cruel to give her false hope, after all, and that wasn't going to win any points with her in the long run.]
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How does he know that?
She doesn't even have to ask since afterward, he offers up the answer to her. It would help if that answer made even one lick of sense. Her first reaction is anger, because it seems impossible.]
Are you lying just to make me feel better? You realize that sounds crazy, right?
[But while Klaus was a lot of things, he didn't tend to lie. He didn't need to. And what would he actually gain from telling her that her friends would be okay? It would be cruel to give her false hope, after all, and that wasn't going to win any points with her in the long run.]
You better not be screwing with me.