06-06-2021, 02:03 PM
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“Did the Ciphers and the Celt forget Atticus brought key intel with him?” Ximen’s lanky legs stepped through the crowd—over Vigenere, in fact—until he stood beside Xibalba. “He helped Tanglewoods, in the past and in the present. He never raised a paw against Tangelewoods before, and this proves his loyalty. After his lover and his mother disappeared, which Clan did he come to? Tanglewoods.”
Ximen’s golden gaze flicked to the Cipher siblings. He inhaled deeply, until his lungs expanded to burning, and his muzzle flashed a grimace. Then he exhaled all the tension in one big fwoosh. Dealing with hypocrisy always pissed him off.
“What is the difference between familial, platonic, and romantic love?” he asked, pointedly looking at Vigenere with his unblinking golden gaze. “Intensity? No. A choice? No—Xibalba adopted Ares, does this choice negate their familial bond?”
“Atbash came to Tanglewoods only because of her brother, did she not? As Ximen only came here for his sister.” He grit his teeth, his upper lip curling. “If Atticus came to protect his friends and family in Tanglewood, then he is the same as Ximen, Ares, Atbash, and everyone else.”
Ximen’s golden gaze flicked to the Cipher siblings. He inhaled deeply, until his lungs expanded to burning, and his muzzle flashed a grimace. Then he exhaled all the tension in one big fwoosh. Dealing with hypocrisy always pissed him off.
“What is the difference between familial, platonic, and romantic love?” he asked, pointedly looking at Vigenere with his unblinking golden gaze. “Intensity? No. A choice? No—Xibalba adopted Ares, does this choice negate their familial bond?”
“Atbash came to Tanglewoods only because of her brother, did she not? As Ximen only came here for his sister.” He grit his teeth, his upper lip curling. “If Atticus came to protect his friends and family in Tanglewood, then he is the same as Ximen, Ares, Atbash, and everyone else.”
UNEXPECTED YET EXPECTED —
— i wanted to hate / i wanted to die / i wanted to see you sacrificed / i had to deal with the fear you gave me / but you fucker never tried to help me / i was jealous and i was scared / nobody ever replaced my pain / to say i’m not evil, to tell I’m not bad / too late, i’m lost in human nature / leave me be / set me free / leave me be / set me free / the hardest thing to me is facing the fear i live / no one can help me now, it’s under my heart / i’ll come to know the living, my demons are inside / i’ll bring them all to light / ———— emerged from the dark I come to life!