[He tunes most of it out as white noise. Or rather, he doesn't take it as gold considering he does it himself. He'd been so adament in his sexuality because it was what was expected of him, but the truth was that he just didn't care. Any attention was good attention and attraction was valuable regardless of gender. He didn't want to put Eridan through the pressure of having to fit a standard, but he seemed to be creating new expectations for him to live up to every day. Did Eridan think he would be mad if he was gay? He certainly hoped not.]
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I am proud of him. Very proud.