Sushpective: Decoding Rudra's reaction... - Page 6

Originally posted by: DiyaS

Nice post, Sush ... enjoyed reading all the replies here.

Quick take from me ... please bear with my jumbled thoughts 😛

As many have said, Rudra is inherently decent, he is also quite sentimental under his gruff exterior ... witness his upset when his men were killed, when the mother of his dead jawaan berated him ... he broke down at that one ... his care for his father, despite the bitterness and taunts.

Paro came back of her own will ... she was a suspect, now she is more a witness. His suspicion of her guilt has not gone entirely, but the certainty must be tempered ... as his dad keeps asking, is she bewakoof or very clever?

The initial hot rage and anger has faded with the 2-3 days they have spent together ... it is difficult to keep up that level of anger constantly when there is really nothing to feed it. And the close proximity in those very abnormal circumstances, they are having almost 'normal' exchanges ... I need clothes, here is food for you, I need needle and thread ... it's a very peculiar situation, with strange responses from both ... the underlying fear on her side, and mistrust on his side has not lessened ... but the day to day living has pushed it under the surface.

The care for her foot was a normal reaction, like organising her clothes, her food, but it changed into more than just prosaic care ... he remembered when he saw her foot with the dupatta wrapped like a make shift bandage that she was hurt ... yet she had never once voiced a complaint about it ... he left her waiting in the room, without a word of explanation ... came back to find her sleeping in an uncomfortable position, in pain, yet no demands or complaints about anything ... a feeling of guilt on his side? That it is his duty to take care of her, because she has no means to do it herself ... yet he did not, he failed in his duty here.

Also Paro did not need to make rotis for his dad ... she did ... Rudra may not have seen her run to get Dislher's pump, but he does know that she cooked for his dad despite being his captive ... just mentioning this as someone brought it up.

So he is slowly seeing a side of her that he has not seen in the women in his life so far ... a girl who makes no complaints, no demands, but still manages to hold her own in front of him, and shows a surprising quiet strength. Is it attraction or just a slow realisation that this girl is not quite what he thought she was?