You win a lot, but you lose just a little bit more than you gained in the end
The laugh that leaves Nate is loud, filling the room. "I almost wish I'd known I was going to stay the same for the rest of eternity." He jokes easily, patting his belly and raising a brow. "I might have put a little more work in before speaking to the Voice."
Where Bastien might be able to see familiar pieces, everything that lined the walls of the sanctuary was foreign to Nate, never one for the arts, the finer things, as he'd mentioned their last conversation. Maybe that made it easier to swallow, a place entirely new, instead of just close enough to be painful.
"I had some medical schooling, but I was bogged down by... a lot of things outside of my control." It was the easiest way to describe the twisted tangle of loans and favours he owed, deals he was a part of by blood, and his own stupid mistakes. Though he did throw Bastien a bone, a little more explanation. "My father had a very specific life in mind for me, and didn't mind forcing me to follow it, when he could."
Bastien's answer is a little strange to Nate, a little difficult to understand. There were things he missed, sure, things he might want for now, but when it came down to it, there was nothing that could make him give up what he had now. The living he'd done in Caido in just under a few years blew nearly everything he'd done on Earth out of the water. But he offers the other man a smile, an understanding nod. "I'm sorry you had to lose things to be here."
Where Bastien might be able to see familiar pieces, everything that lined the walls of the sanctuary was foreign to Nate, never one for the arts, the finer things, as he'd mentioned their last conversation. Maybe that made it easier to swallow, a place entirely new, instead of just close enough to be painful.
"I had some medical schooling, but I was bogged down by... a lot of things outside of my control." It was the easiest way to describe the twisted tangle of loans and favours he owed, deals he was a part of by blood, and his own stupid mistakes. Though he did throw Bastien a bone, a little more explanation. "My father had a very specific life in mind for me, and didn't mind forcing me to follow it, when he could."
Bastien's answer is a little strange to Nate, a little difficult to understand. There were things he missed, sure, things he might want for now, but when it came down to it, there was nothing that could make him give up what he had now. The living he'd done in Caido in just under a few years blew nearly everything he'd done on Earth out of the water. But he offers the other man a smile, an understanding nod. "I'm sorry you had to lose things to be here."
NATE
