And you thought that Sage's bravado attitude might show, but when Luna's around...she's the only person to walk through those walls of his that he's barricaded himself in. And you'll see a few reasons about trying to adjust to the Valley of Peace where he wouldn't tell it to anyone else.
Chapter 12: Opening Up
Luna sits down next to Sage and there was a few awkward silences in between because normally, Sage couldn't control himself in front of one or more girls because he was gonna let his attitude and hormones do the talking, but around Luna...it didn't really happen because he sees her as somebody that is willing to listen and stay by his side regardless of what happens and he always felt like friends like that don't even exist at. Sage took a deep breath and replied, "Well...I'm struggling to get used to this place here. I mean, it's fine...but it's not something I'm used to."
"Still not coming to terms with it?" asked Luna.
"It just feels like I don't even fit in with them. They take one look at me and they see this menace troublemaker lurking around, thinking that I'm up to no good. But they don't even know me at all. Sometimes I just do't think that I'll measure up to anyone because of what I am and what I used to do." Sage replied.
Luna sighed at this and she looked at Sage and asked, "Is there anything about you that you want to change?"
"Change what? It's hard to change when all your life...you wanted to become whatever you want to be without anyone stopping you. It's really hard to be like someone else when all you wanna do is just be yourself." Sage answered.
Sage did have a valid point with that and Luna could see one side of it and she said, "But you know...you can at least give it a chance."
"How can I? Nobody really understands me at all. No one knows what I've went through when I was younger. Sometimes...it's just best if no one really understands." Sage answered.
Luna blinked her eyes for a second and from his statements, it's like Sage is giving up on trying to change himself and let go of the past and she stands up, puts her paw on his shoulder and said, "I might."
"You?" asked Sage.
"Of course. We've been friends for months now and I would love to help you." Luna replied.
"You really want to do this? I mean...I might aggravate you with my attitude and cause you to leave me." Sage replied.
Luna giggled at this and she said, "I promise you...nothing will ever make me give up on you."
"You promise?" asked Sage.
"You have my word." Luna replied.
Sage was willing to take a chance at this and he hopes that she remains true to her promise and he nodded his head and said, "All right."
You'll see Sage open up more soon! Stick around!