The things they taught you
they're lining up to haunt you
"I..could...though..." Sam let out a quiet laugh, the first genuine smile he'd felt in a while. "I thi-think most people in the Gr..grounds, when they heard there wa..was sun and a b-beach here, they came." The promise of an ocean had certainly been something he'd immediately latched onto as soon as he heard about Torchline: it still held an allure that kept him coming back, though nothing had quite topped that first moment of stepping into the water. "I..wo-would want to move my ...b..bookmaking shop. Ra..rather than make a library."
If only it were so easy to say no to the Voice. She likely wouldn't physically force him to do things (not that he entirely put that past her) but she was a master at manipulation...with his past of abuse Sam struggled to always see it, but he had begun to recognise patterns of guilt trips and convenient love from his 'Mother' Goddess. "I...d-don't know if...sh..sshhe would want an Ascended if they d-didn't do what she asked."
He hadn't known Vervain's specific magic and was interested to know, always having found the abilities of the Abandoned to be fascinating. "Ca..can you show me? The arrows, I mean."
As for what he wanted to improve in himself...he looked at his hands, one gloved and one not. "...I lo..lost all my abilities, except the t-t-telekinesis this glove gi..gives me. I su-suppose I'd like to know how to de...defff-defend myself, without upgrades."
If only it were so easy to say no to the Voice. She likely wouldn't physically force him to do things (not that he entirely put that past her) but she was a master at manipulation...with his past of abuse Sam struggled to always see it, but he had begun to recognise patterns of guilt trips and convenient love from his 'Mother' Goddess. "I...d-don't know if...sh..sshhe would want an Ascended if they d-didn't do what she asked."
He hadn't known Vervain's specific magic and was interested to know, always having found the abilities of the Abandoned to be fascinating. "Ca..can you show me? The arrows, I mean."
As for what he wanted to improve in himself...he looked at his hands, one gloved and one not. "...I lo..lost all my abilities, except the t-t-telekinesis this glove gi..gives me. I su-suppose I'd like to know how to de...defff-defend myself, without upgrades."
You got your back against the wall
Samuel
Base Code by Sky!
