Q: Why does Mildmay keep saying that Felix never apologises when he actually seems to do it quite a lot, even to Mildmay?
A: That's a skewed perspective based on the fact that one of the goals of Felix's character arc through the four books is to force him to learn to apologize. So we see every single time he does pony up and say "I'm sorry," but we don't see most of the vastly more numerous occasions on which he doesn't. Also, don't confuse behavior on Felix's part that Mildmay knows to translate as an apology with actually coming out and saying the words.
I realise that Felix's verbal apologies are few and far between but surely each one is engraved on Mildmay's memory so why "Felix never apologises"? Is the last one so long ago Mildmay has managed to forget it? Or is it easier for him to say that rather than "Felix hardly ever apologises and only when he's done something really, really bad and I've spent a fucking decad ignoring him"?
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Date: 2009-05-13 02:20 am (UTC)I realise that Felix's verbal apologies are few and far between but surely each one is engraved on Mildmay's memory so why "Felix never apologises"? Is the last one so long ago Mildmay has managed to forget it? Or is it easier for him to say that rather than "Felix hardly ever apologises and only when he's done something really, really bad and I've spent a fucking decad ignoring him"?