[He trails off as the door opens again, a teenager holding more resemblance to Geroen slipping in quietly. He's many years younger than Dorian and much more impish in looks, but there's a certain earnestness in his eyes when he greets him. He carries a plate of baked sweets to the desk, and Dorian closes his book with a whisper.
"Don't get in trouble on my behalf."
"I like trouble." He replies. They both snicker, then speak in low voices to avoid being overheard.
Dorian snaps back to reality, drawing in on himself as he speaks again.]
Livia died, and Felix fell ill. He became obsessed with saving his son, even after we'd given him so many years to live, and it wasn't what Felix wanted. We had a falling out, and I left for a time. Little did I know they went south, and he'd bartered with the cult, who told him if he turned back time to end the world with something we'd created together... they'd cure his boy. And Maker, he tried. I witnessed a future where he'd rather his son be a husk of a thing than dead, and I had to kill him to fix it all.
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[He trails off as the door opens again, a teenager holding more resemblance to Geroen slipping in quietly. He's many years younger than Dorian and much more impish in looks, but there's a certain earnestness in his eyes when he greets him. He carries a plate of baked sweets to the desk, and Dorian closes his book with a whisper.
"Don't get in trouble on my behalf."
"I like trouble." He replies. They both snicker, then speak in low voices to avoid being overheard.
Dorian snaps back to reality, drawing in on himself as he speaks again.]
Livia died, and Felix fell ill. He became obsessed with saving his son, even after we'd given him so many years to live, and it wasn't what Felix wanted. We had a falling out, and I left for a time. Little did I know they went south, and he'd bartered with the cult, who told him if he turned back time to end the world with something we'd created together... they'd cure his boy. And Maker, he tried. I witnessed a future where he'd rather his son be a husk of a thing than dead, and I had to kill him to fix it all.