[ it never felt good to be scolded by Xander like this. but the gods be damned if he didn't want to at least try and push through somehow. Laslow averts his gaze with his blushing face, preparing to disobey his lord's request for further persistence. ]
... But there's an awful lot of past tense in your statement, Milord. You were the crown prince. You were to be married. Hell be told, you and I both had duties that tied us so strongly to the land of the living.
[ just like how he, himself, was a prince. a prince of a land he left behind to serve another. he knew Xander would not take kindly to the discovery and had opted to withhold it for as long as he possibly could. showing compassion now to his lord given the circumstance they were now in, stripped of responsibilities and nobility, seemed befitting with the information he was clinging onto. information which, unbeknown to Xander, followed a similar path to him. although Laslow, as Inigo, was hardly a model prince - being scolded by his father for his inferiority. losing himself in flirting and women to pacify himself from the destruction brought by the fell dragon. could Xander really blame him for wanting intimacy with another person to mean something at long last? ]
I recall our conversation back in your chambers, where I asked you how you would feel if I left to go somewhere else after fulfilling my services to you. Another land. That land was ... my home, Milord. [ he grips his own arm. ] There are many things I held from you. About ... who I am as a person. My origins, my ... duties that I had to leave behind when I ... [ made a deal with Anankos. he cuts himself off with a sigh. ] It may sound unbelievable coming from someone of assumed lower status than you ... [ the word of interest there is assumed ] but I know how you feel on a level that far surpasses anything you can imagine.
[ perhaps he's saying too much ... was it too early for him to share his origins? but if not now, then, when? at least in Laslow's mind, it was relevant. ]
In the end I started to abandon that desire to go home because the bond I formed with you is something that I did not want to lose. [ Laslow chuffs out an embarrassed laugh. ] Ridiculous, right? I wanted to tell you everything about me in due time. I wanted to stay by your side and leave everything I ever once knew in order to do so. Father, Mother, my old kingdom ... all my friends I cherished and loved across time and realm.
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... But there's an awful lot of past tense in your statement, Milord. You were the crown prince. You were to be married. Hell be told, you and I both had duties that tied us so strongly to the land of the living.
[ just like how he, himself, was a prince. a prince of a land he left behind to serve another. he knew Xander would not take kindly to the discovery and had opted to withhold it for as long as he possibly could. showing compassion now to his lord given the circumstance they were now in, stripped of responsibilities and nobility, seemed befitting with the information he was clinging onto. information which, unbeknown to Xander, followed a similar path to him. although Laslow, as Inigo, was hardly a model prince - being scolded by his father for his inferiority. losing himself in flirting and women to pacify himself from the destruction brought by the fell dragon. could Xander really blame him for wanting intimacy with another person to mean something at long last? ]
I recall our conversation back in your chambers, where I asked you how you would feel if I left to go somewhere else after fulfilling my services to you. Another land. That land was ... my home, Milord. [ he grips his own arm. ] There are many things I held from you. About ... who I am as a person. My origins, my ... duties that I had to leave behind when I ... [ made a deal with Anankos. he cuts himself off with a sigh. ] It may sound unbelievable coming from someone of assumed lower status than you ... [ the word of interest there is assumed ] but I know how you feel on a level that far surpasses anything you can imagine.
[ perhaps he's saying too much ... was it too early for him to share his origins? but if not now, then, when? at least in Laslow's mind, it was relevant. ]
In the end I started to abandon that desire to go home because the bond I formed with you is something that I did not want to lose. [ Laslow chuffs out an embarrassed laugh. ] Ridiculous, right? I wanted to tell you everything about me in due time. I wanted to stay by your side and leave everything I ever once knew in order to do so. Father, Mother, my old kingdom ... all my friends I cherished and loved across time and realm.