[ the dogs are of the undead sort, but he doesn't appreciate the rather unnecessary correction, as is displayed in the disgruntled look he points in her direction as her watches her dispatch the creature. at least she's good, and she's killing instead of crying. a vast improvement.
the violence doesn't bother him nearly as much as her words about this friend of hers, hitting a nerve worn raw by the slander spread freely by his uncle at court, that he is spoiled and spineless, all ill-temper where his brother was a king by birth. gideon said none of these things, and yet his mind naturally goes to the worst places. this person she speaks of, leading in her youth, like he should have been. like auguste had been when he was alive. ]
Veretians love their traditions. Like how men and women of royal birth mingling must be chaperoned and their consummations witnessed. [ bastardy is shame worse than death. ] We have not had a king in years.
[ the dogs travel in packs, and he can already hear the unnatural shuffling of others approaching, so he draws his blade and circles her back as they follow the path that will hopefully lead them back to the main plaza. laurent is a finely trained fighter, quicksilver where his brother was gold, but few remember the child he used to be before he threw himself into brute physical training. that child was ravenous for knowledge and preferred books to the sword. ]
What is a necromancer? [ a genuine curiosity. he glances over his shoulder at gideon, sidestepping a corpse left crudely in his path. ] And who is this esteemed partner of yours?
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the violence doesn't bother him nearly as much as her words about this friend of hers, hitting a nerve worn raw by the slander spread freely by his uncle at court, that he is spoiled and spineless, all ill-temper where his brother was a king by birth. gideon said none of these things, and yet his mind naturally goes to the worst places. this person she speaks of, leading in her youth, like he should have been. like auguste had been when he was alive. ]
Veretians love their traditions. Like how men and women of royal birth mingling must be chaperoned and their consummations witnessed. [ bastardy is shame worse than death. ] We have not had a king in years.
[ the dogs travel in packs, and he can already hear the unnatural shuffling of others approaching, so he draws his blade and circles her back as they follow the path that will hopefully lead them back to the main plaza. laurent is a finely trained fighter, quicksilver where his brother was gold, but few remember the child he used to be before he threw himself into brute physical training. that child was ravenous for knowledge and preferred books to the sword. ]
What is a necromancer? [ a genuine curiosity. he glances over his shoulder at gideon, sidestepping a corpse left crudely in his path. ] And who is this esteemed partner of yours?