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Then give him a pep talk about how he tried his best and we appreciate that and that's all we need because we are AWESOME and got a bunch of relevant to our interests information.
He's clearly distraught that he didn't behave like a good retainer would. But that only shows how much effort he put into impersonating Madrigal for us. He did go a bit overboard though.
>Pep talks are the solution to everything except when the solution is to set the thing on fire
...Well, um, first things first, you doing something <span class="mu-i">will</span> make him okay, because positive thinking and all that. Oh! And because of your deep and special bond, of course, with you being able to sense his moods and thoughts and needs and such through the subtlest of indications, like the shake of the head or twitch of an ear or stamp of a hoof. Or maybe that's just the special bond between horse and tamer? It's basically the same thing. You can sense his moods, etcetera, and the mood you are sensing right now is... hysteria.
Yeah! You feel much better already, putting a name to it. It's definitely, positively hysteria, on account of him looking somewhat how you look whenever Richard calls <span class="mu-i">you</span> hysterical, except he isn't sobbing. Which makes sense, him being a man (sort of) and all. It must present differently. You therefore diagnose Gil with Man Hysteria, the cure being...
Well, judging from Richard, the cure appears to be yelling at him. But that doesn't seem quite right, for whatever reason— maybe because there's bound to be people staring at you if you do? Something like that. So yelling's out, and so is calling him a pathetic little bitch who can't do <span class="mu-i">anything</span> without you, because that's factually untrue. He did do things without you. That was the main problem.
What do the books recommend in cases of hysteria? That's an easy one: you ought to be marching up to Gil, slapping him roundly in the face, and (if more force is needed) shaking him by his shoulders. This is effective at stirring the blood and rousing the spirit in one-on-one situations: mass hysteria tends to require more sword-waving. You could accomplish any of these steps with grace and ease. But his nose is already hurt, is the problem, and what if the slap made it bleed again? And then he did start crying? You couldn't—
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