[ Thank you, he murmurs, reaching to take the mug of tea into his hands, his fingers curling artfully about its decorative ceramic overlay. Though steam gives rise from the drink, and the mug itself is surely warm to the touch, Sion seems not to notice, nursing the tea in slow, polite sips as Lapis speaks, her words nothing if not an expression of trust, a delicate something which he would give anything to safeguard (much like Lapis herself).
Voices, she's said, and though he is well aware of the circumstances of Lapis' birth, she had never before confessed to him this: the link between neural-technology and the abilities which it caused to surface. Curious of them (and of her), he almost thinks to activate the biometric scanning system that had been integrated into his own person long ago with the hope that, perhaps, it might shed further light on the nature of all that she is able to do, but--...
She asks (what about you?) and he blinks once, then twice, looking thoroughly owlish despite himself. ]
I--... [ By and large, he is unused to speaking about himself on such a personal level, but... Lapis had placed her trust in him, and he will honor it: ] There are times when I see you.
[ Lips curving up into a small, half-smile, he turns his head to regard his couch-mate, the long fall of his hair cascading down, over his shoulder. ]
Others, when I glimpse my half-brother and half-sister. Nights, when I see those beneath my jurisdiction at the Company, Westies, in need of aid, and the good men and women I was fortunate enough to call 'comrade' in the military.
[ Giving pause, he glances down, his smile fading into a look which is resolute, and perhaps a touch inspiring in its conviction: ] They are... the people I want to protect.
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Voices, she's said, and though he is well aware of the circumstances of Lapis' birth, she had never before confessed to him this: the link between neural-technology and the abilities which it caused to surface. Curious of them (and of her), he almost thinks to activate the biometric scanning system that had been integrated into his own person long ago with the hope that, perhaps, it might shed further light on the nature of all that she is able to do, but--...
She asks (what about you?) and he blinks once, then twice, looking thoroughly owlish despite himself. ]
I--... [ By and large, he is unused to speaking about himself on such a personal level, but... Lapis had placed her trust in him, and he will honor it: ] There are times when I see you.
[ Lips curving up into a small, half-smile, he turns his head to regard his couch-mate, the long fall of his hair cascading down, over his shoulder. ]
Others, when I glimpse my half-brother and half-sister. Nights, when I see those beneath my jurisdiction at the Company, Westies, in need of aid, and the good men and women I was fortunate enough to call 'comrade' in the military.
[ Giving pause, he glances down, his smile fading into a look which is resolute, and perhaps a touch inspiring in its conviction: ] They are... the people I want to protect.