>>18822844Just as a person who lost their leg or ability to walk, Stolas would have to emphasize to Octavia that his appearance is a permanent change that he can not change, it is a change that, for a lesser man perhaps, would've crippled him or sent him to a deep dark hole, but for Stolas he rose above it and has begun to enjoy life again
Of course the disease wants you to enjoy it, but he can leave that part out. The fact he'd try to state is how he's still his own person and he's still the same Father to Octavia.