BASTIEN
Bastien laughed, trying not to sound too condescending when he declared: "My dear, I have slept with more men than you have seen in your entire life, some of them far more challenging than you. I am sure within a moment's walk behind the hedges I could have you whisked away into a land of pleasure from which you would never return." True, they were both Ascended and so this fantasy was highly optimistic at best, but Bastien loved to flirt.He nodded understanding to Nate's description of his fathers 'work'. Bastien had known these men in Italy; the kind who would give out generous loans with seemingly impossible rates...and indeed, the rates were impossible: the payback would be worse than any original debt. "I see. Then you are glad to be free?"
We're aware they're trying to take away our dreams
