I can pass along your information. Thank you for the offer.
[ Whether they'll take it is another thing entirely. But it wouldn't hurt, would it? As for the rest, well, she's not shocked Silco's lashing out at both of them. On one hand, she certainly would feel irritable, even hurt, if she knew someone was speaking of her and calling her nasty. On the other hand, she knows what she is: a step above a monster, just gilded with the finest gold. ]
I can only speak for myself, though I imagine it might be true for him as well. An imprint, to me, is a vulnerability someone can exploit. To know the name of someone who has entrusted themselves to me means that someone could harm them to get to me. The imprint itself has softened me towards others and it is, frankly, a detriment.
[ She is weaker now and she knows it. If Silco sees it the same way, and she imagines he does, then for his business to be aired like that is just another way someone can slip past his armor to harm him. ]
Hugo, I have lost everyone who is dear to me. I've lost cousins and uncles to succession wars. I've lost my father, my only friend, and my brother. Everyone who has come close to me dies.
To tie oneself to me is as good as a death sentence.
[ And still she is too selfish to ask them to leave, to try to break the tether forcefully. Now that she's known the warmth of companionship, it's difficult to turn away from it — and she is cruel for it. ]
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[ Whether they'll take it is another thing entirely. But it wouldn't hurt, would it? As for the rest, well, she's not shocked Silco's lashing out at both of them. On one hand, she certainly would feel irritable, even hurt, if she knew someone was speaking of her and calling her nasty. On the other hand, she knows what she is: a step above a monster, just gilded with the finest gold. ]
I can only speak for myself, though I imagine it might be true for him as well. An imprint, to me, is a vulnerability someone can exploit. To know the name of someone who has entrusted themselves to me means that someone could harm them to get to me. The imprint itself has softened me towards others and it is, frankly, a detriment.
[ She is weaker now and she knows it. If Silco sees it the same way, and she imagines he does, then for his business to be aired like that is just another way someone can slip past his armor to harm him. ]
Hugo, I have lost everyone who is dear to me. I've lost cousins and uncles to succession wars. I've lost my father, my only friend, and my brother. Everyone who has come close to me dies.
To tie oneself to me is as good as a death sentence.
[ And still she is too selfish to ask them to leave, to try to break the tether forcefully. Now that she's known the warmth of companionship, it's difficult to turn away from it — and she is cruel for it. ]