[He picks the Ring back up, running a coarse thumb over the black edges.]
They called me hero for a reason.
[He says it with humor, despite the truth. He hadn't expected a whole lot when he put on the Ring except some final attempt at saving the Princess and the Ring itself.
The gratitude is humbling, in a way, because he never really does anything for thanks. He does it because it's right and necessary. Because he knows that if he doesn't do it, no one else will. It's duty, in the end, not any kind of prize that makes him do literally anything.]
I wrecked your car in the process, though. Maybe you don't want to thank me just yet.
[He's not belittling the gratitude, not at all. There just needs to be some levity to this dark affair of their lives.]
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They called me hero for a reason.
[He says it with humor, despite the truth. He hadn't expected a whole lot when he put on the Ring except some final attempt at saving the Princess and the Ring itself.
The gratitude is humbling, in a way, because he never really does anything for thanks. He does it because it's right and necessary. Because he knows that if he doesn't do it, no one else will. It's duty, in the end, not any kind of prize that makes him do literally anything.]
I wrecked your car in the process, though. Maybe you don't want to thank me just yet.
[He's not belittling the gratitude, not at all. There just needs to be some levity to this dark affair of their lives.]