[Glacius glowers for a few moments longer before his shoulders slump and he heaves a sigh.] I know. And I have been trying--but I am beginning to feel as though my advice is falling on deaf ears. What good am I to him if he will not listen to me, if I cannot help him with his burdens? He's been through enough of this sort of treatment already, and yet he still invites more of it.
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