[Sometimes, there's an advantage to seeing things for a psychopathic perspective and from a culture that was so alien to a modern-day perspective.]
Being a coward is running and fleeing from battle, no matter whether the battle is in the physical realm or the mental. Killing yourself is not dishonorable if done with intentions such as you had.
[If he were inclined to any sort of physical contact, he'd give Stan a hug, but he's not, so he settles for an awkward pat on the back.]
[ Stan almost smiles. It's really what Stan needed, was someone who would in their way support him and the decision. He hadn't known for sure if Ivar would but he knew that it would be honest either way.
The pat on the back is better than a hug anyway. He didn't want a hug just then. ]
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Being a coward is running and fleeing from battle, no matter whether the battle is in the physical realm or the mental. Killing yourself is not dishonorable if done with intentions such as you had.
[If he were inclined to any sort of physical contact, he'd give Stan a hug, but he's not, so he settles for an awkward pat on the back.]
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[ Stan almost smiles. It's really what Stan needed, was someone who would in their way support him and the decision. He hadn't known for sure if Ivar would but he knew that it would be honest either way.
The pat on the back is better than a hug anyway. He didn't want a hug just then. ]