@hafid.alghul

[batricide]

[ He's been gone... a while. And it's been a while back home. A lot has happened. Damian should be angry when he wakes up back here, but when the alternative is waiting to be executed? He'll takke. ]

I'm going to need someone to bring me up to speed on what I have missed.

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[rehandle]

[ It's an honest assessment. Honest enough that Stephen doesn't fight it, mouth hitching briefly at one corner before he reaches for his tea.

A decent spot for a breather. ]

I'll drink to that.

[ He's young. He's got years of learning to do before he'll be able to do for himself what others can do for him now. But he's willing to listen. He wants to listen, knows how to identify beliefs that resonate with the kind of person he'd rather be and allow himself to be guided by them.

It's a solid foundation. Stephen has faith that he'll find his way to being his own moral compass one day, acting in ways he won't regret when he looks at them through the lens of somebody else's point of view. ]

[batricide]

[ Other's faith in him comes easier than his own. Damian knew too well what he was capable of, how often he careered headlong into violence as if alternatives don't exist.

How he'll meet soldiers carrying out orders and hate them for not questioning. Almost as much as he hates himself. ]

So... What do we do now?