[Eridanus sees the way Regulus tenses, sees the conflict in the rise of his shoulders and the way he won't meet his gaze. In his lap, Eridanus continues to pet that purring cat, oblivious to the tension in the room between the two men.]
You shared some... vulnerability with me.
[He pauses, unsure if this is... the right thing to do, but it only seems fair now. Even if it's a bit like buying trust.]
Never mind the abuses he wrought upon me since my birth — he had the love of my life assassinated. If things had been his way, he would have claimed my infant son then, too. My mother died alone and grieving over the death of my youngest brother, who fell in war. My father only ever cared about anyone but himself.
[He lowers his own gaze then.]
I do not even consider him family, beyond the seed he gave to birth me.
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Date: 2020-12-05 07:18 pm (UTC)You shared some... vulnerability with me.
[He pauses, unsure if this is... the right thing to do, but it only seems fair now. Even if it's a bit like buying trust.]
Never mind the abuses he wrought upon me since my birth — he had the love of my life assassinated. If things had been his way, he would have claimed my infant son then, too. My mother died alone and grieving over the death of my youngest brother, who fell in war. My father only ever cared about anyone but himself.
[He lowers his own gaze then.]
I do not even consider him family, beyond the seed he gave to birth me.