"Temptations are everywhere and control must be maintained at all times."
[He repeats the words quietly, held by them.
"Control over yourself, above all."
The rest falls... not on deaf ears but on ones that hear no reason to respond. Those are the phrases that echo in his mind, that awaken old thoughts.
I'll surpass Father's expectations of me, and I will respect my brothers and never step on their toes in the process.
Strictly bound, his limits set before he was ever born.]
Control and temptation are, I imagine, common themes in many worlds.
[Though, he pulls himself enough from his own thoughts to add, offering a faint smile:]
Not, of course, that I think they're so in equal measures. When magic is brought into consideration, I'm sure the concerns of the two things in other worlds pale in comparison.
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[He repeats the words quietly, held by them.
"Control over yourself, above all."
The rest falls... not on deaf ears but on ones that hear no reason to respond. Those are the phrases that echo in his mind, that awaken old thoughts.
I'll surpass Father's expectations of me, and I will respect my brothers and never step on their toes in the process.
Strictly bound, his limits set before he was ever born.]
Control and temptation are, I imagine, common themes in many worlds.
[Though, he pulls himself enough from his own thoughts to add, offering a faint smile:]
Not, of course, that I think they're so in equal measures. When magic is brought into consideration, I'm sure the concerns of the two things in other worlds pale in comparison.