[ Just that very first question stings, but that’s the point, isn’t it? It’s entirely accurate, and as he continues reading, it pulls out more of the feeling that Hugo didn’t think much about nowadays. Lycaon had abandoned Mockingbird (abandoned him) many years ago at this point, so the pain of that betrayal had been blunted by time.
…But it never went away. That kind of feeling never completely fades.
Hugo’s instinct is to offer sympathy for Silco, but he doesn’t. Similar as they are and with shockingly similar stories, he’s realized that he does have more empathy than the other man. Silco recoils from it so much that he’ll just keep it to himself. ]
Lycaon did, yes.
[ He might as well give his name. With the similarity of their stories, it feels like Silco should know it. ]
He was the one that ran, but unlike you, it’s because he was a coward. He ran into the “safe” arms of working for the very people that we once stole from. Bowing his head with polite words and serving them as a butler. He chose to be their dog.
[ Even in text, the disdain is obvious. and silco feels something wrong in the ether at the word “butler” how weird ]
All to say. I understand why you would kill him.
[ Would Hugo? …No. He knows he couldn’t. But the pain of that betrayal was enough that he can understand why others would without question. ]
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…But it never went away. That kind of feeling never completely fades.
Hugo’s instinct is to offer sympathy for Silco, but he doesn’t. Similar as they are and with shockingly similar stories, he’s realized that he does have more empathy than the other man. Silco recoils from it so much that he’ll just keep it to himself. ]
Lycaon did, yes.
[ He might as well give his name. With the similarity of their stories, it feels like Silco should know it. ]
He was the one that ran, but unlike you, it’s because he was a coward. He ran into the “safe” arms of working for the very people that we once stole from. Bowing his head with polite words and serving them as a butler. He chose to be their dog.
[ Even in text, the disdain is obvious.
and silco feels something wrong in the ether at the word “butler” how weird]All to say. I understand why you would kill him.
[ Would Hugo? …No. He knows he couldn’t. But the pain of that betrayal was enough that he can understand why others would without question. ]