[He's not thirsty, but just accepting someone's hospitality can make a difference in a shitty situation like this. He really, really doesn't want to twist the metaphorical knife in Darin's wound, so he won't ask what exactly happened to him - how Caster turned him into a beast (he'll probably piece that together on his own sooner or later), why he went on a rampage. It doesn't matter. He wouldn't have done it if he'd been in his right mind, and he feels horrible for it, that much is clear as day to Hijikata.]
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It's good that you've been staying. Running is easier, but it doesn't help anyone. You've been helping a lot.
[He hopes that he didn't say too much with that already, but it's impossible to not address the matter at all. He's speaking from experience, too. In a similar situation - on a far smaller scale - he simply ran away, but the bad feelings clung to him no matter how far he fled.]
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[He's not thirsty, but just accepting someone's hospitality can make a difference in a shitty situation like this. He really, really doesn't want to twist the metaphorical knife in Darin's wound, so he won't ask what exactly happened to him - how Caster turned him into a beast (he'll probably piece that together on his own sooner or later), why he went on a rampage. It doesn't matter. He wouldn't have done it if he'd been in his right mind, and he feels horrible for it, that much is clear as day to Hijikata.]
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It's good that you've been staying. Running is easier, but it doesn't help anyone. You've been helping a lot.
[He hopes that he didn't say too much with that already, but it's impossible to not address the matter at all. He's speaking from experience, too. In a similar situation - on a far smaller scale - he simply ran away, but the bad feelings clung to him no matter how far he fled.]