Smiling a bit uncertainly, Loren rubbed his hands together. "Well. Let's hope it doesn't come to that." His voice was quiet, and he made sure to give Sam an understanding look.
Nodding as the Ascended told him to continue, the healer stroked Astra. For her part, she snuggled close, trying to provide him comfort. "So, because a stray word could spell disaster, even for a child, my family, they...demanded complete and total obedience. Because they feared anything less than that would result in many deaths." Taking a shuddering breath, he looked away from the other man. "So they tortured us into compliance. Tormented us, again, and again, and again, with magic." It came out barely above a whisper. "I was five, when my magic manifested." When it began.
Closing his eyes, he rested his chin on the luxere. "And because we were servants of the crown, and because of the need to enforce the oath, we, we, we valued strength above all else." His words came out more quickly now, trying to rush to the ending. "There was a strict hierarchy, with the strongest and most destructive mages at the head of the family. They made sibling fight against sibling, parent fight against child. Any weakness or independence was swiftly and harshly beaten out of us." Opening his eyes, he stared into the distance, mind clearly elsewhere.
"I was one of the weak ones."
Nodding as the Ascended told him to continue, the healer stroked Astra. For her part, she snuggled close, trying to provide him comfort. "So, because a stray word could spell disaster, even for a child, my family, they...demanded complete and total obedience. Because they feared anything less than that would result in many deaths." Taking a shuddering breath, he looked away from the other man. "So they tortured us into compliance. Tormented us, again, and again, and again, with magic." It came out barely above a whisper. "I was five, when my magic manifested." When it began.
Closing his eyes, he rested his chin on the luxere. "And because we were servants of the crown, and because of the need to enforce the oath, we, we, we valued strength above all else." His words came out more quickly now, trying to rush to the ending. "There was a strict hierarchy, with the strongest and most destructive mages at the head of the family. They made sibling fight against sibling, parent fight against child. Any weakness or independence was swiftly and harshly beaten out of us." Opening his eyes, he stared into the distance, mind clearly elsewhere.
"I was one of the weak ones."
you are lost, hope is gone
but you must go on
Loren
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