And it’s clear how much describing what happened to him, admitting to his fear, pained him. Much like a poison that, rather than being improved when expelled, only caused greater damage if it had to be forced out. Caustic.
Zechs remembered what it was like, recovering medically after Libra. He won’t pretend he did much recovering mentally right after, far from his right mind and feral. He tried to imagine being transported here, directly after - this stranger was faring far better than he would.
And yet, of course his death haunted him. Zechs couldn’t help with that, but there’s one thing he could dispel as Glenn sipped his tea, looked away. He removed his cravat and set it on the table. Not removing his jacket or vest, he unbuttoned several of his shirt buttons, and held the shirt aside.
“I was fortunate enough not to be decapitated,” Zechs informed him calmly, “but I was, too, burned alive, slashed terribly in an explosion I survived. I was surprised how little people cared. The worst I had ever received were questions as to what had happened - a topic I doubt you’d like to discuss during intimacy, either. To date, not a single person has decided to back out of an encounter due to my appearance.”
He nodded. “That doesn’t eliminate that as a possibility. But it does show it’d be a rare reaction. Certainly, I would be a hypocrite if I found your scars off-putting.”
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Zechs remembered what it was like, recovering medically after Libra. He won’t pretend he did much recovering mentally right after, far from his right mind and feral. He tried to imagine being transported here, directly after - this stranger was faring far better than he would.
And yet, of course his death haunted him. Zechs couldn’t help with that, but there’s one thing he could dispel as Glenn sipped his tea, looked away. He removed his cravat and set it on the table. Not removing his jacket or vest, he unbuttoned several of his shirt buttons, and held the shirt aside.
“I was fortunate enough not to be decapitated,” Zechs informed him calmly, “but I was, too, burned alive, slashed terribly in an explosion I survived. I was surprised how little people cared. The worst I had ever received were questions as to what had happened - a topic I doubt you’d like to discuss during intimacy, either. To date, not a single person has decided to back out of an encounter due to my appearance.”
He nodded. “That doesn’t eliminate that as a possibility. But it does show it’d be a rare reaction. Certainly, I would be a hypocrite if I found your scars off-putting.”