Whether or not you're virtuous isn't my place to say... but the things you do, selfish or not, are kind. Doing them for your own reasons doesn't discount the effect they have.

[He rarely brings up the competition, aware of how deeply it had affected Dohalim. Knowing the man, he can tell there was more to it, but the fact is that Tarnigen died and that the redhead took it to guilt.

Pushing his hair back, Gepard looks out to the surroundings, breathing in to sigh deeply.]

I wish that I had something more uplifting to offer, but... it never gets easier. Especially when you feel responsible for the loss.

[Gepard doesn't talk about it much, the weight of the lost. True, he would cut down threats to his people without hesitating, but... even outside of his own regrets he thinks he can understand where his lord is coming from. What if it had been Serval, or even Dohalim, in front of him?]

I understand why you don't want to think about it, and I won't ask you to. Just know that if you want to talk to someone, you always have my ear.