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Alastair D'Argyll (Sir Lucan) ([personal profile] knighthound) wrote in [personal profile] yngrained 2017-07-15 12:06 pm (UTC)

[To that, he stays silent for a time. He knows his sister's need to always seem haughter, wiser, stronger than everyone else around her. A thirst to prove herself, a competitive streak that he never really shared beyond an urge to make her happy. He fed her needs just enough to keep her happy, and not enough to exhaust what little reserves of energy he had.

He was endless, but he was tired. Always tired, but determined.]


One day, you'll actually begin to keep count.

[He drinks the water he's been given perhaps a touch faster than he ought to in favor of freeing himself from the chilly bathwater. There is ample warning in how he pulls the plug from the tub first -- but he isn't about to wait much longer than it takes to drain down to his midsection. Alastair stands and steps free of the bathtub, grabbing the towel off the rack to make himself decent before standing opposite of her.]

It isn't so bad, is it?

[It wasn't often he asked questions, but Isabeau's opinion is the only one he really cares for. Their current dwellings were seemingly free of strife, struggle, and filth. Admittedly, its a change -- a big change that makes some of Alastair uncomfortable, even knowing there were others like him lurking about.

But its all the unknowns that keep him from getting too comfortable.]


Aside from Father's absence, of course.

[Also: fuck him.]

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