（ he makes a contemplative sound, and then he noses into sasuke's space, kissing his cheek to murmur: ）

Do you want me to offer some suggestions on why it might've had an impact on you, or do you want me to listen while you talk it out for yourself?

（ it's a bit of a fraught topic for how it's so tangled up in the culture of his world, his self-perception, the deeply ingrained cultural misogyny, the trauma of loss and loneliness. cy's pretty sure he can trace a trajectory through sasuke's psyche that might've lead him to arrive at that psychological response, but. sometimes it's better to let people figure it out for themselves. ）