You may be right, but I…still wouldn't want to push it on anyone. I can do my best not to let any monsters harm anyone else, if it comes to that. Otherwise…
[ Well, he's still not going to force anyone! That's not his thing. He could never live with himself. ]
I can scarce imagine how anyone actually goes about it. This isn't something we would talk much about in Sanbreque. It's not a secret, exactly, but…well, there are norms about modesty and all of that.
[ There are probably a few whispers or rumours about Dion's tastes, too, but he's long since gotten over that. It's not a secret that he likes men. He doesn't wish it to be a secret. ]
The world I come from is also cruel, though I had it much better than many for most of my life. Though it was different after my father married. Things have got steadily worse since then. But we are not kind people, even if we allege that we are.
[ He thinks about how different his life would have been if he were not chosen by Bahamut, considering the contempt his step-mother has for him as it is. She probably isn't the only one, but almost no one would say such to Dion's face. ]
That is what I feared you would say. I wonder if I can use one monster to fight another, or if that would be worse still.
[ The dragon inside him is also a cruel master; he is well aware of that now. He has no idea how much control he maintains, and no idea how the Eikon even exists in this place at all. Perhaps because they are the same, bound together until it saps all of Dion's life away. He thought himself resigned to that fate, but now…well, who knows. ]
I do not wish to see you become a monster, Ankari. Whatever I can do to prevent that, I shall do my best.
[ It's not much of a come on, and he doesn't even mean it as one. They've only just met. He's still not sure what Ankari is. But if he already came from a bad place, why make his life even harder here? Dion has that hero instinct, whether he sees it that way or not. The darker parts of him…he just has to make sure they are well under control here. ]
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[ Well, he's still not going to force anyone! That's not his thing. He could never live with himself. ]
I can scarce imagine how anyone actually goes about it. This isn't something we would talk much about in Sanbreque. It's not a secret, exactly, but…well, there are norms about modesty and all of that.
[ There are probably a few whispers or rumours about Dion's tastes, too, but he's long since gotten over that. It's not a secret that he likes men. He doesn't wish it to be a secret. ]
The world I come from is also cruel, though I had it much better than many for most of my life. Though it was different after my father married. Things have got steadily worse since then. But we are not kind people, even if we allege that we are.
[ He thinks about how different his life would have been if he were not chosen by Bahamut, considering the contempt his step-mother has for him as it is. She probably isn't the only one, but almost no one would say such to Dion's face. ]
That is what I feared you would say. I wonder if I can use one monster to fight another, or if that would be worse still.
[ The dragon inside him is also a cruel master; he is well aware of that now. He has no idea how much control he maintains, and no idea how the Eikon even exists in this place at all. Perhaps because they are the same, bound together until it saps all of Dion's life away. He thought himself resigned to that fate, but now…well, who knows. ]
I do not wish to see you become a monster, Ankari. Whatever I can do to prevent that, I shall do my best.
[ It's not much of a come on, and he doesn't even mean it as one. They've only just met. He's still not sure what Ankari is. But if he already came from a bad place, why make his life even harder here? Dion has that hero instinct, whether he sees it that way or not. The darker parts of him…he just has to make sure they are well under control here. ]