[ He sounds like he's not sure whether that's a good or bad thing. Like he might wish he could, but knows only that it isn't possible. The shock lingers, but it's the hurt that overwhelms him now.
It aches with every breath. ]
It was after the attack on Libertas. [ There's a need to say it, as if explaining it will somehow make it easier to take.
Still, he doesn't say Ronan's name for Kyle. Still, some part of him wants to protect the man who'd done so much for him when he'd been at his lowest all those months ago, newly arrived all alone in this foreign castle, half of him severed at the soul. It probably could have been anyone then. Anyone who reached out enough-- but Ronan had indulged him, made himself irresistible, smothered him in affection and pleasure and magic. And he'd ended it with magic too. Maybe Ronan thought he was indulging him again, to keep Rhy from being so upset by the revelation of how different their ethics are. ]
He... It's still foggy. But I think he was... excited about it. He wanted war.
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[ He sounds like he's not sure whether that's a good or bad thing. Like he might wish he could, but knows only that it isn't possible. The shock lingers, but it's the hurt that overwhelms him now.
It aches with every breath. ]
It was after the attack on Libertas. [ There's a need to say it, as if explaining it will somehow make it easier to take.
Still, he doesn't say Ronan's name for Kyle. Still, some part of him wants to protect the man who'd done so much for him when he'd been at his lowest all those months ago, newly arrived all alone in this foreign castle, half of him severed at the soul. It probably could have been anyone then. Anyone who reached out enough-- but Ronan had indulged him, made himself irresistible, smothered him in affection and pleasure and magic. And he'd ended it with magic too. Maybe Ronan thought he was indulging him again, to keep Rhy from being so upset by the revelation of how different their ethics are. ]
He... It's still foggy. But I think he was... excited about it. He wanted war.
We- we disagreed.
[ Putting it lightly. Rhy had been horrified. ]