It will be a little awkwardly positioned, with Solomon still seated bonelessly in his chair. But he does resign to the offer, letting his fingers gently wrap against the heat of Jing Yuan's palm.
His voice stays quiet.]
"Here" is not an exception. Plenty of beings, human or otherwise, think I'm... mm. What's the word Barbatos used the last time...
Abhorrent?
[He chuckles, but it's mirthless.]
I can't give anything but diplomacy. He does not care for what I stand for, and I am too used to having to square my shoulders against the wills of being like him. I have no urge to dominate him or his position - it is only what he may choose to do to humans in his resignment and anger that worries me. Just as he may have his priority to keep his own kind, or even himself, protected from further harm against the atrocities of another... so do I as well.
[Empathy does not beget mercy.]
Hurt or otherwise... those of us with the power to act can't blindly bend a knee. Perhaps that's cruel. But I've been called worse.
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It will be a little awkwardly positioned, with Solomon still seated bonelessly in his chair. But he does resign to the offer, letting his fingers gently wrap against the heat of Jing Yuan's palm.
His voice stays quiet.]
"Here" is not an exception. Plenty of beings, human or otherwise, think I'm... mm. What's the word Barbatos used the last time...
Abhorrent?
[He chuckles, but it's mirthless.]
I can't give anything but diplomacy. He does not care for what I stand for, and I am too used to having to square my shoulders against the wills of being like him. I have no urge to dominate him or his position - it is only what he may choose to do to humans in his resignment and anger that worries me. Just as he may have his priority to keep his own kind, or even himself, protected from further harm against the atrocities of another... so do I as well.
[Empathy does not beget mercy.]
Hurt or otherwise... those of us with the power to act can't blindly bend a knee. Perhaps that's cruel. But I've been called worse.