A little of both. The kidnapping doesn't help much either.
[He has a dry sense of humor, evident only by the glint in his eye when his face is otherwise straight as can be.]
They wouldn't be so friendly if I was one of them instead of here? Or they wouldn't be so friendly because I'm one of this bunch now?
[Either way, neither is his fault, and he's done with apologizing for other people's dislike of him when he hasn't done anything wrong. But there's a big difference between being hated for being one of the enemy and being hated because the group in question is just a bunch of assholes.]
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[He has a dry sense of humor, evident only by the glint in his eye when his face is otherwise straight as can be.]
They wouldn't be so friendly if I was one of them instead of here? Or they wouldn't be so friendly because I'm one of this bunch now?
[Either way, neither is his fault, and he's done with apologizing for other people's dislike of him when he hasn't done anything wrong. But there's a big difference between being hated for being one of the enemy and being hated because the group in question is just a bunch of assholes.]