[ It's startling, how different their internal narratives have been.
Being civil is something in part cultivated into him and in part his own decision. His mother told him that there was very little justice in this world and intended to use his fixation on it as a way to further her own means; something that he had only realized after she was gunned down in her very own laboratory. There are many things he could have hated about her, the way she engineered even his fashion to her own perfection - and yet, he was utterly alone without her. She had kept him close, a pretty pawn in her game, who would still be stuck in the rut of her teachings even after she was long gone.
There's that very small spark of rebellion that contributed in part. He, who was used as an elaborate tool, would never do it to another. ]
Plain it is.
[ He walks over to the kettle and switches it off, pouring the water into the teapot and letting it steep. It's hot but not scalding - should be adequate for a good brew. ]
It is something we should all aspire towards.
[ If Giovanni's comment of 'a little fiercer' is true, then he dreads to think of what other treatment the thin man before him could have endured. Yet, it's not his place to question it. ]
We may be moving out on a mission soon. There is much to be done.
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Being civil is something in part cultivated into him and in part his own decision. His mother told him that there was very little justice in this world and intended to use his fixation on it as a way to further her own means; something that he had only realized after she was gunned down in her very own laboratory. There are many things he could have hated about her, the way she engineered even his fashion to her own perfection - and yet, he was utterly alone without her. She had kept him close, a pretty pawn in her game, who would still be stuck in the rut of her teachings even after she was long gone.
There's that very small spark of rebellion that contributed in part. He, who was used as an elaborate tool, would never do it to another. ]
Plain it is.
[ He walks over to the kettle and switches it off, pouring the water into the teapot and letting it steep. It's hot but not scalding - should be adequate for a good brew. ]
It is something we should all aspire towards.
[ If Giovanni's comment of 'a little fiercer' is true, then he dreads to think of what other treatment the thin man before him could have endured. Yet, it's not his place to question it. ]
We may be moving out on a mission soon. There is much to be done.