[ Another laugh, cruel and scornful. Even after all that time being softened by camaraderie, it's so easy to fall back into callousness. An unpleasant thing about himself that he chooses not to examine too closely. It's for love, he tells himself, so that means it's all right. ]
Oh, I know you can plead better than that.
[ Being a spawn means begging for your right to exist nearly every day, and Alkam wouldn't have given him his own room—a real privilege—if Damris weren't capable of some quality beseeching. Perhaps it's feeding an ugly side of himself to keep reliving this sort of thing with the roles reversed, but he can't help it; it feels too good to be on this side of the blade.
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Oh, I know you can plead better than that.
[ Being a spawn means begging for your right to exist nearly every day, and Alkam wouldn't have given him his own room—a real privilege—if Damris weren't capable of some quality beseeching. Perhaps it's feeding an ugly side of himself to keep reliving this sort of thing with the roles reversed, but he can't help it; it feels too good to be on this side of the blade.
All the same, his eyes flick over to Iorveth. ]
What would you have done to him?