That, at least, of you I do not doubt. Whether it comes to mean anything to me in the end, however, remains to be seen.
Because I'm not your beast, Zenos. Not anymore. I've moved past you, seeking further and further to mine own ends. Exactly as you wanted. [a bitter irony perhaps, and one he'd not given voice to until this moment. could not give voice to- not to anyone else but this man who awoke within him an awareness to the gaping void within his heart. emptiness and dissatisfaction. apathy and resignation weighing down his blade as heavily as any wound.
but in that moment- that moment in the heavens- ze remembered the thrill of the hunt, as certain and overwhelming as his first kill as a boy in the shroud.]
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s'fine it'll all work out in thule /handwave
Because I'm not your beast, Zenos. Not anymore. I've moved past you, seeking further and further to mine own ends. Exactly as you wanted. [a bitter irony perhaps, and one he'd not given voice to until this moment. could not give voice to- not to anyone else but this man who awoke within him an awareness to the gaping void within his heart. emptiness and dissatisfaction. apathy and resignation weighing down his blade as heavily as any wound.
but in that moment- that moment in the heavens- ze remembered the thrill of the hunt, as certain and overwhelming as his first kill as a boy in the shroud.]
So go ahead, drag my gaze to you. If you can.