It was. There was an orphanage on the edge of the city I'd help out with in my free time.
[And while it's not the easiest job -- he doesn't have much experience with children prior to that, and he couldn't always just fall back on his hero status there or Aion status here to dazzle them -- it's far more rewarding than just sitting around waiting for orders or training.
Of course, all those children back home are probably gone, now, and if the Regent gets their way, no child under their protection will have a future to speak of either. But...]
I understand a lot about how they must feel, so I want to make life even a little bit easier for them. That's even more important here than it was back home, I think.
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[And while it's not the easiest job -- he doesn't have much experience with children prior to that, and he couldn't always just fall back on his hero status there or Aion status here to dazzle them -- it's far more rewarding than just sitting around waiting for orders or training.
Of course, all those children back home are probably gone, now, and if the Regent gets their way, no child under their protection will have a future to speak of either. But...]
I understand a lot about how they must feel, so I want to make life even a little bit easier for them. That's even more important here than it was back home, I think.