Eugene's eyebrows furrowed together, he loved Rapunzel's optimism, he really did but he also knew change just couldn't happened overnight with the villagers. People always looked at him with contempt and scorn, just waiting for the opportunity for him to slip up, his 'rescue' of the lost princess should've earned some points but all they did was try to corrupt the act. With a deep breath, he tried to put a brave face, at least for Rapunzel.
"I'm not scared, more liked paranoid, people usually only see the cracks or assume ulterior motives when it comes to me and I don't know what I do, if I was accused of something simply for standing in the vicinity. And you know i am not a person to sit down and take a punch or criticism. I'll try my very best to show them the new me, but it's gonna take time and some patience on their part". Eugene linked their fingers together. Sauntering them forward the town.