DORIAN
"But is it that good?" he asked cheekily, wondering if she would flounder at the question or find a witty way around it. He suspected the latter.
But the conversation had turned more serious, and even he was not invulnerable to the whims of emotion. Especially around those he considered friends. As she had stated herself - she had seen him naked and kept her mouth shut about it (as far as he knew). He trusted Tobi's discretion. He nodded at her question of disbelief. "Many spent time locked away with the Ascended after all. They have glimpsed their humanity - but it seems they have yet to witness or at least recognize how very little that humanity matters when the Voice's whims shift." he explained with a sigh.
"They questioned if I had ever met one, trying to prove I spoke of things I did not know." But oh, did he know. And he knew the pain in store for them all, the poor, ignorant sots. Dorian smiled at her, in contrast to the distant sadness in his gaze patting her hand upon his arm. "It proved that I did not speak from a place of ignorance. And in both cases, they agreed to help as they could...with some terms though nothing laughable."
But the conversation had turned more serious, and even he was not invulnerable to the whims of emotion. Especially around those he considered friends. As she had stated herself - she had seen him naked and kept her mouth shut about it (as far as he knew). He trusted Tobi's discretion. He nodded at her question of disbelief. "Many spent time locked away with the Ascended after all. They have glimpsed their humanity - but it seems they have yet to witness or at least recognize how very little that humanity matters when the Voice's whims shift." he explained with a sigh.
"They questioned if I had ever met one, trying to prove I spoke of things I did not know." But oh, did he know. And he knew the pain in store for them all, the poor, ignorant sots. Dorian smiled at her, in contrast to the distant sadness in his gaze patting her hand upon his arm. "It proved that I did not speak from a place of ignorance. And in both cases, they agreed to help as they could...with some terms though nothing laughable."
"Revenge" sounds so mean
That's why I prefer to call it:
That's why I prefer to call it:
"Returning the favor"
