// we haven't won, and if we win, //
She makes quite a valid point, even if he’d rather bash his head against a wall waiting uselessly, but it does little good to mention that train of thought while the drugs start to work and he can’t entirely feel the way she scrubs at the blood in his arm that doesn’t want to leave. “You’re right.” He hums, allowing her the easy win when it comes down to agreeing or explaining his capabilities in both being patient and incredibly impatient.
He offers more information about the Climb instead, head tilting despite the numb sensation as she starts to work at his neck, silent for a few moments longer as if debating whether he did want to talk about it. Danta already knew, had witnessed it time and time again, but the rest of them? They had no idea. Obviously his own suffering hadn’t been to the extent of the Maverick’s, and with that thought he’d kept his own tight lipped as if claiming he had nothing to complain about, when the drugs seem to make him think he can get away with feeling how he does about it.
“Punishment.” He starts to say, jaw working briefly before he takes a slow and deep inhale, blinking a few times slowly before he continues. “I would get locked in my room and all of my trinkets and things taken from me until I learned what lesson was trying to be taught.”
He offers more information about the Climb instead, head tilting despite the numb sensation as she starts to work at his neck, silent for a few moments longer as if debating whether he did want to talk about it. Danta already knew, had witnessed it time and time again, but the rest of them? They had no idea. Obviously his own suffering hadn’t been to the extent of the Maverick’s, and with that thought he’d kept his own tight lipped as if claiming he had nothing to complain about, when the drugs seem to make him think he can get away with feeling how he does about it.
“Punishment.” He starts to say, jaw working briefly before he takes a slow and deep inhale, blinking a few times slowly before he continues. “I would get locked in my room and all of my trinkets and things taken from me until I learned what lesson was trying to be taught.”
Astaroth
// and if the morning light sets in, we've cheated fate again //
