[Quite unlike him then, who even now feels no sense of control over his own life, can't even conceive of such a thing and in a way that is reflected in his 'choice' here-- less a choice, and more a compulsion born of the need to be controlled, to be held down and held in and locked tight into something larger than himself. He won't find that here, there's too much potential for freedom and that frightens him as much as it ever did back there. Olympia promises structure and rules and even a grip on the leash now he's under the watchful eye of the law, and he sinks into it with the same lack of resistance he always presented, down in the brutal depths of the Below.
But that means he's presented with this, the inevitable separation, and something opens in him, wide as a wound and just as raw and quickly, he turns away again. There's a visible tension in the sharp lines of his back and shoulders that makes a lie of his cool, smooth words.]
As you like it, then. I suppose that's all there is to say about that.
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But that means he's presented with this, the inevitable separation, and something opens in him, wide as a wound and just as raw and quickly, he turns away again. There's a visible tension in the sharp lines of his back and shoulders that makes a lie of his cool, smooth words.]
As you like it, then. I suppose that's all there is to say about that.