[Varian's shoulders tense as Danny touches him, only for a moment, then they just kind of...slump.]
Thank you. I-I don't think I deserve that, but thank you anyway.
[He's pretty sure he doesn't deserve Danny's friendship, but it's clear he's getting it if he likes it or not. ]
Anyway it um- there's a little more. After I broke out I joined this group that wanted to destroy Corona. Their leader was my cellmate. They convinced me to help wipe the king and queen's memories and force the citizens into mining for this ore I needed. I was planning on wiping everyone's memories, just...literally removing my mistake. Rapunzel had been on a journey to understand the rocks better and her coming back meant they revealed they...they actually planned to use my alchemy to raze the city to the ground.
[He chews his lip, worried.]
I um...I couldn't do that, I couldn't let that happen. So I helped Rapunzel get on board the airship they- they were gonna throw my chemical out of. Andrew found us, tried to kill me and wrecked the ship. It was gonna go down and explode if we didn't get it properly in the air again. I...I offered to stay behind, to use my chemicals to get it elevated enough so that when it exploded, it wouldn't hurt anyone else. Just me. And I- it wasn't like anyone would have missed me. Not like Rapunzel. It made sense to me that it should have been me.
tw: sucicidal intention
Thank you. I-I don't think I deserve that, but thank you anyway.
[He's pretty sure he doesn't deserve Danny's friendship, but it's clear he's getting it if he likes it or not. ]
Anyway it um- there's a little more. After I broke out I joined this group that wanted to destroy Corona. Their leader was my cellmate. They convinced me to help wipe the king and queen's memories and force the citizens into mining for this ore I needed. I was planning on wiping everyone's memories, just...literally removing my mistake. Rapunzel had been on a journey to understand the rocks better and her coming back meant they revealed they...they actually planned to use my alchemy to raze the city to the ground.
[He chews his lip, worried.]
I um...I couldn't do that, I couldn't let that happen. So I helped Rapunzel get on board the airship they- they were gonna throw my chemical out of. Andrew found us, tried to kill me and wrecked the ship. It was gonna go down and explode if we didn't get it properly in the air again. I...I offered to stay behind, to use my chemicals to get it elevated enough so that when it exploded, it wouldn't hurt anyone else. Just me. And I- it wasn't like anyone would have missed me. Not like Rapunzel. It made sense to me that it should have been me.