The Empire of the Nine Houses? [Ortus supplies, his eyes widening in interest and further surprise.] Yes. I hail from the Ninth House. Have you met others from our Empire? Or universe, I suppose. I do not know what it would be called either.
[An inconvenience. Perhaps they ought to come up with a name, if one has not already been thought of.]
As for past influences...that is precisely what concerns me. I do not remind her of anything that ought to be recalled. [He shakes his head, tilting his glass.] There is little to be done for it. Still.
[A faint tremble of courage comes to him then, bolstered by Viktor's dry humour.]
Perhaps we may both ruin our images with unfounded optimism. [He glances sidelong at the other man, more shyly than one his age ought to.] I will have faith in her endurance.
As for blood...I seem to have misplaced mine?
[A source of no small anxiety, heightened by the fact this lack is evidently even more dire than he thought. Ortus has yet to be introduced to the concept of 'Darkblood', or its qualities.]
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[An inconvenience. Perhaps they ought to come up with a name, if one has not already been thought of.]
As for past influences...that is precisely what concerns me. I do not remind her of anything that ought to be recalled. [He shakes his head, tilting his glass.] There is little to be done for it. Still.
[A faint tremble of courage comes to him then, bolstered by Viktor's dry humour.]
Perhaps we may both ruin our images with unfounded optimism. [He glances sidelong at the other man, more shyly than one his age ought to.] I will have faith in her endurance.
As for blood...I seem to have misplaced mine?
[A source of no small anxiety, heightened by the fact this lack is evidently even more dire than he thought. Ortus has yet to be introduced to the concept of 'Darkblood', or its qualities.]