BASTIEN
"Ah." Bastien nodded, not angry or upset about Juniper telling Azrael about the Mathair; after all, unfortunately, they were going to find out eventually about the horrors of the world around them, as anyone had to with age. "I was not present for the events at the Mathair, so perhaps it is best they hear the account from someone closer to it, anyhow." He had no objection to the Fae perspective on the event being given, seeing the Ascended and Fae as similarly put-upon people more so than enemies.
He nodded as she repeated the essence of why he had Ascended, though her following question made him pause, Bastien tilting his head from side to side. "I am not miserable nor angry about it, though perhaps if the choice had been less spontaneous, I may have left myself a year of sensation before the Ascension." A chance to, as much as he could, get it all out of his system, have every drink, drug, orgy...whatever he could imagine, before such luxuries were no longer possible. But he was here, and he'd never seen much point in regrets.
As for the other Ascended...he hummed. "I try to like everyone, as much as I can. The Voice.." Bastien let out a laughing sigh, aware of the Goddesses less than stellar reputation. "She has good intentions, but she is not well connected to the lives of average people anymore. She does not know how to appeal, to make concessions, to the lives she affects...I am trying to speak to her to help her understand." That was all he could do, really. "I do not agree with all she does, if that is the point of the question."
"Other Ascended are generally my friends. I can't think of one I actively dislike, though there are a few I...like less than others." He said diplomatically.
He nodded as she repeated the essence of why he had Ascended, though her following question made him pause, Bastien tilting his head from side to side. "I am not miserable nor angry about it, though perhaps if the choice had been less spontaneous, I may have left myself a year of sensation before the Ascension." A chance to, as much as he could, get it all out of his system, have every drink, drug, orgy...whatever he could imagine, before such luxuries were no longer possible. But he was here, and he'd never seen much point in regrets.
As for the other Ascended...he hummed. "I try to like everyone, as much as I can. The Voice.." Bastien let out a laughing sigh, aware of the Goddesses less than stellar reputation. "She has good intentions, but she is not well connected to the lives of average people anymore. She does not know how to appeal, to make concessions, to the lives she affects...I am trying to speak to her to help her understand." That was all he could do, really. "I do not agree with all she does, if that is the point of the question."
"Other Ascended are generally my friends. I can't think of one I actively dislike, though there are a few I...like less than others." He said diplomatically.
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
A generation lost in space
