[ Julius sighs, eyes closed for a few moments while he collects himself, unlocks the recollections that he has been intentionally ignoring for the past few years. The parts of his self-termed curse that he had chosen to pretend did not exist, for his own sanity and for the sake of organization.
But for a dear friend, he can make an exception. ]
I am from Leith. My family were killed when I was very young, I don't remember much of it. [ He wasn't even there at the murder, coming home to only his parents' corpses and no living relatives to explain to him why. And Rachel... ] She adopted me. She ran an orphanage, Magnolia Compass, but it was an orphanage only in name. I knew only after she died. Back then... I was taken and schooled alone, by her. She favoured me over all the other children, because of my genes. They were compatible with the transformation, so I was taken and she had the grant to do her work.
[ The rest of that is history. ]
All the procedures... I had thought they were all normal routines for children of my age. She was the only person I was allowed to see. And I obeyed her until the end, the only figure of stability [ mother ] I had... and this was the result.
[ As much as he tries to keep himself calm, his voice cracks a little at the end.
It should become understandable, his acceptance of this curse, his loathing for himself. All of it, a custom-tailored trap. Even after Rachel was killed, her influence still lingers. ]
no subject
I can tell you.
[ Julius sighs, eyes closed for a few moments while he collects himself, unlocks the recollections that he has been intentionally ignoring for the past few years. The parts of his self-termed curse that he had chosen to pretend did not exist, for his own sanity and for the sake of organization.
But for a dear friend, he can make an exception. ]
I am from Leith. My family were killed when I was very young, I don't remember much of it. [ He wasn't even there at the murder, coming home to only his parents' corpses and no living relatives to explain to him why. And Rachel... ] She adopted me. She ran an orphanage, Magnolia Compass, but it was an orphanage only in name. I knew only after she died. Back then... I was taken and schooled alone, by her. She favoured me over all the other children, because of my genes. They were compatible with the transformation, so I was taken and she had the grant to do her work.
[ The rest of that is history. ]
All the procedures... I had thought they were all normal routines for children of my age. She was the only person I was allowed to see. And I obeyed her until the end, the only figure of stability [ mother ] I had... and this was the result.
[ As much as he tries to keep himself calm, his voice cracks a little at the end.
It should become understandable, his acceptance of this curse, his loathing for himself. All of it, a custom-tailored trap. Even after Rachel was killed, her influence still lingers. ]