[Dearly and deeply as Myr loved those close to him, there were lines he would not cross for anyone--much as he would not expect anyone to cross them for him. To do so would forever pervert whatever positive bond they shared, turn any affection grasping and tainted by it. Look, I will render myself a monster, a sinner, a maleficarum for you was not an act of love or loyalty in his book. How could it be, if it diminished or destroyed the lover for his beloved's sake?
The point was to become better for one another. All else was a perversion.
It roils uncomfortably in his gut to realize Linden has someone like that devoted to him, someone who has twisted up inside for his sake.
He will not question the hows or whys of it now, simply take the facts as they've been offered him and think through them later.
Softly,] I'd hear you out on it even so.
[And understand a great deal more than you think.]
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The point was to become better for one another. All else was a perversion.
It roils uncomfortably in his gut to realize Linden has someone like that devoted to him, someone who has twisted up inside for his sake.
He will not question the hows or whys of it now, simply take the facts as they've been offered him and think through them later.
Softly,] I'd hear you out on it even so.
[And understand a great deal more than you think.]
Who is he to you?