Thank you for finding me
And thank you for the care
Sam shrugged. It had been so long since he'd hoped for anything with his mother, the wound had mostly closed over by now; in fact, when he'd received the letter informing him his father had died, he'd been surprised by how little emotion the whole thing had brought from him for either of his parents. "The Voice is very comforting. Nurturing. She..." Sam paused, hummed. "...Can hide things, from time to time, that I wish she didn't, but she doesn't have bad intentions."
Well, no, he'd never been called any of those specific things...but the Gods had tried to burn him with sunlight before and well. Their opinion on Ascended was quite clear without anything specifically being aimed at him.
"I don't have a reason to be uncomfortable with it. I haven't been a Natural for a very long time...and I have abilities the Old Gods don't approve of." While his upgrades weren't quite the same as magic, they were similar enough for the comparison. "I've always thought the Abandoned and the Ascended should be allies to each other. A lot in common, after all."
He smiled and put his hand over Loren's gratefully, glad that the summoner cared enough to be upset on his behalf. "I used to. I still...wonder what my life would have been like, honestly. If they hadn't. But over the years I've come to like being Ascended...more when it's due to things I like about it, I suppose, instead of things my parents wanted it to be." Sam didn't really know what it was his father had expected from the Ascension, but he knew he hadn't met the expectation. "Thank you. For being kind about it. I..appreciate kindness, now. It seems a lot of people have forgotten it."
Well, no, he'd never been called any of those specific things...but the Gods had tried to burn him with sunlight before and well. Their opinion on Ascended was quite clear without anything specifically being aimed at him.
"I don't have a reason to be uncomfortable with it. I haven't been a Natural for a very long time...and I have abilities the Old Gods don't approve of." While his upgrades weren't quite the same as magic, they were similar enough for the comparison. "I've always thought the Abandoned and the Ascended should be allies to each other. A lot in common, after all."
He smiled and put his hand over Loren's gratefully, glad that the summoner cared enough to be upset on his behalf. "I used to. I still...wonder what my life would have been like, honestly. If they hadn't. But over the years I've come to like being Ascended...more when it's due to things I like about it, I suppose, instead of things my parents wanted it to be." Sam didn't really know what it was his father had expected from the Ascension, but he knew he hadn't met the expectation. "Thank you. For being kind about it. I..appreciate kindness, now. It seems a lot of people have forgotten it."
And fuck you for making me
Think that this life might be fair
SAMUEL
