In place of the fire that Eridanus had commanded before, another, familiar furnace burns within him. He feels the torrent of it beneath his skin, the way it sings in the ears that peel back and lay flat against his skull like an agitated cat. It's in whip of his tail, that cuts through the air like the keen edge of a sword, and the subtle twitch of his clawsโonce again shimmering in opalescence and sharped into obsidian razor blades. He feels the insidious pull of his anger, and so fresh is it in his pulse that he cannot hide the way his lips peel back, baring his daggered teeth up at Lucius like a feral beast.]
And you think I have forgiven you for mistrusting me? [He hisses the words from between clenched teeth, his shoulders screaming with the tension that raises them to his ears.]
You have no idea what I endured in nothingness! A consciousness barely suspended like a horrifying nightmare I could not escape โ simply endure. [He pants with rage, breath hot on his lips. His anger is a familiar, embracing comfort,] and you think I will jump into your arms like a gleeful whore returning to her Lord? I have more pride than that, Lucius.
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In place of the fire that Eridanus had commanded before, another, familiar furnace burns within him. He feels the torrent of it beneath his skin, the way it sings in the ears that peel back and lay flat against his skull like an agitated cat. It's in whip of his tail, that cuts through the air like the keen edge of a sword, and the subtle twitch of his clawsโonce again shimmering in opalescence and sharped into obsidian razor blades. He feels the insidious pull of his anger, and so fresh is it in his pulse that he cannot hide the way his lips peel back, baring his daggered teeth up at Lucius like a feral beast.]
And you think I have forgiven you for mistrusting me? [He hisses the words from between clenched teeth, his shoulders screaming with the tension that raises them to his ears.]
You have no idea what I endured in nothingness! A consciousness barely suspended like a horrifying nightmare I could not escape โ simply endure. [He pants with rage, breath hot on his lips. His anger is a familiar, embracing comfort,] and you think I will jump into your arms like a gleeful whore returning to her Lord? I have more pride than that, Lucius.