[This is a lot! In general! And it's super not normal, but if he doesn't act like it's normal then the pressure will break him down, and if Idia is replaced...

Well. He can't say they're friends (yet), but he can say he doesn't want that to happen.]

He's... full of ink. Or something like it...

[Like a blot creature, he wants to say, but... how much does Idia know about all that? He can't say, so best not to risk it...]

But, eh... resentment? Maybe for you... not him, though. You're a bad copy, is all, and I gotta take some personal offense to that, right?