Thank you for finding me
And thank you for the care
"Mhm. Very good. She is like the mother I did not have." Sam smiled. His biological mother was still alive, but he had not spoken to her in some years now, barely saw her out in the street anymore, especially not since his fathers death. In The Voice he found a nurturing presence he'd never experienced - perhaps was too old to seek out, but found comfort in regardless.
He patted Loren's arm comfortingly. "From what I've heard...and my own experience...a lot of people have bumpy times with the Gods. They can be fickle...and I don't think they understand humans very well a lot of the time." As much as he loved The Voice, she didn't seem to always grasp why he felt certain ways.
"A gift. It certainly is one, a lot of the time." Being ignored by the Gods had it's downsides, but the ability to bend the world around you to your whims...it was a rather grand repayment.
Loren's question made him go quiet for a moment, a soft sigh leaving Sam's lips. "Well...I didn't choose. Not really. My parents.... they made me go to the Shrine; I think they hoped it would make me...better, somehow." Bitterly he shook his head. "I was 16. The Voice let me grow a while longer, but I've been Ascended ever since."
He patted Loren's arm comfortingly. "From what I've heard...and my own experience...a lot of people have bumpy times with the Gods. They can be fickle...and I don't think they understand humans very well a lot of the time." As much as he loved The Voice, she didn't seem to always grasp why he felt certain ways.
"A gift. It certainly is one, a lot of the time." Being ignored by the Gods had it's downsides, but the ability to bend the world around you to your whims...it was a rather grand repayment.
Loren's question made him go quiet for a moment, a soft sigh leaving Sam's lips. "Well...I didn't choose. Not really. My parents.... they made me go to the Shrine; I think they hoped it would make me...better, somehow." Bitterly he shook his head. "I was 16. The Voice let me grow a while longer, but I've been Ascended ever since."
And fuck you for making me
Think that this life might be fair
SAMUEL
