ADAM
Dying dads! Hey! Something they could connect on! Pushing aside debris and ash of his own, Adam nodded. "I get you. My dad died before I was born and he was some revolutionary guy, and everyone thought I was gonna follow on what he did. I uh, didn't. What was up with your dad? Like, why'd he get killed?" An insensitive question maybe, but they were on the same level here (and Adam had never been very good at keeping things appropriate).
Suddenly, through a gap in the floorboards, he saw a tiny flash of silver - his ring? Thinking it unlikely but able to squash the hope, Adam began to try and prise the boards up.
Aurelia's question took some of the gumption out of his attempt, but he kept going as he tried to think of what to say that didn't just amount to I fucked it. "Er...well, I guess it's been kinda hard to find our groove again, y'know, coming back to life and shit, and I met up with this old friend and I..." He gritted his teeth for a second, knowing this was going to sound bad, because, well, it was bad. "I told her I loved her. And in that second I kinda did? But she fucked me over and I realised Pet means way, way more to me. But I still fucked it, and I'm not...he deserves better."
Suddenly, through a gap in the floorboards, he saw a tiny flash of silver - his ring? Thinking it unlikely but able to squash the hope, Adam began to try and prise the boards up.
Aurelia's question took some of the gumption out of his attempt, but he kept going as he tried to think of what to say that didn't just amount to I fucked it. "Er...well, I guess it's been kinda hard to find our groove again, y'know, coming back to life and shit, and I met up with this old friend and I..." He gritted his teeth for a second, knowing this was going to sound bad, because, well, it was bad. "I told her I loved her. And in that second I kinda did? But she fucked me over and I realised Pet means way, way more to me. But I still fucked it, and I'm not...he deserves better."
If you hear the call of arcane lore,
Your world shall rest on Earth no more
Your world shall rest on Earth no more
