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But the thing is, what if his actions are just obvious in his mind? Like if he just considers it as something he simply had to do, and not something he had to go out of his way to think about?

And like, it makes sense then. If someone close to you was stuck somewhere, ofc you'd help them out. You don't need them to ask for help if you see they're stuck. Rather, it would really feel weird if they expressed their gratitude more than a simple thank you.

And isn't that exactly the case with Cale? For him, helping others had always been a natural course of action—and not something he actually pushed himself for. In his view, it would seem more odd if something thanked him for doing the obvious.

Yk, after he saved Raon from living his whole life and ultimately dying in torture, the first thing that came to his mind when the lil dragon started following him was that Raon needed to be responsible. For the life he would spend following someone like Cale, and for his own choice—he even explained to Raon what other option he had (freedom, as a mighty dragon), just so the lil dragon didn't follow him ignorantly.

And yk, that means that Cale vaguely understood that the help he had offered was enough for Raon to follow him for life. His reaction afterwards wasn't repulsion, it was simply bewilderment. He knew what he did was a lot, but what he didn't understand was the dragon's gratitude to him, to someone doing something so obvious. He doesn't downplay what he does (tho he does ignore it), he downplays the reaction he should receive normally, the gratitude and affection.

I don't remember the exact scenes but many times Cale/Krs has mentioned that 'someone else would've done it if not me' and like. my guy. my beloved slacker. That is NOT true.

Literally most of the confusion he faces is because he doesn't understand why his fam doesn't understand that he's doing something very very obvious, and that he doesn't have to be thanked for it. In his mind kindness had always been so simple, so easy.

In honor of finishing the light novel and catching up to the latest chapters of part two, I bring my collection of Cale through my read through

I love his stupidity.