[ The gratification Shen might have gotten from striking someone to their core is lost for a moment in his surprise; not that he had struck a chord in his volunteer, but how Kerubim's response struck chord in him. Everything...
Shen, too, had lost everything he'd ever cared about. Twice. His ambition and his fear had cost him his parents as well as his kingdom, and upon trying to reclaim the latter, he had failed.
His beak opens and shuts, the colorful crest on his head falling some. Goodness, but this was rather awkward, wasn't it?
Fortunately, he recovers quickly, folding his wing more tightly around the other and craning his head closer so that they are eye to eye. ]
But that's not true, Master Crepin. You have your life, don't you?
[ He speaks softly, knowing it is likely as cold a consolation as it had been to him. ]
You have your health. Would you be willing to wager that much on me now? Having seen what I can do, could you trust me to take you as close to death as you ever have been?
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Shen, too, had lost everything he'd ever cared about. Twice. His ambition and his fear had cost him his parents as well as his kingdom, and upon trying to reclaim the latter, he had failed.
His beak opens and shuts, the colorful crest on his head falling some. Goodness, but this was rather awkward, wasn't it?
Fortunately, he recovers quickly, folding his wing more tightly around the other and craning his head closer so that they are eye to eye. ]
But that's not true, Master Crepin. You have your life, don't you?
[ He speaks softly, knowing it is likely as cold a consolation as it had been to him. ]
You have your health. Would you be willing to wager that much on me now? Having seen what I can do, could you trust me to take you as close to death as you ever have been?