[He said. Voice empty of emotion. A fact recited by rote.]
When someone kills their own father and feels no guilt, what else can they be but a monster?
[His voice was empty, but his expression was not. His lips twisted in a sneer and the fire was flaring again before a mask slipped over and he turned cold, closed off.]
This venerable one did so before his voice cracked, before he was even a man. This venerable one has been a monster since he was child. Has burned, murdered, and conquered realms innumerable without feeling anything about it. He has ripped the skin from his enemies while they still lived. He has cut hands and feet from his foes and fed them to the crocodiles while they wept and pleaded for mercy.
[He turned and stepped into G'raha's personal space in a challenge. Daring him to deny that Daqiang was a monster.]
Tools and monsters are the same. They don't care about the pain they bring others. They don't need to.
[He wanted to scare G'raha. Didn't dare to touch him. Just wanted G'raha to run. To turn away. To leave him to his pain. To make it easier to kill the emotions blooming in his heart.]
no subject
[He said. Voice empty of emotion. A fact recited by rote.]
When someone kills their own father and feels no guilt, what else can they be but a monster?
[His voice was empty, but his expression was not. His lips twisted in a sneer and the fire was flaring again before a mask slipped over and he turned cold, closed off.]
This venerable one did so before his voice cracked, before he was even a man. This venerable one has been a monster since he was child. Has burned, murdered, and conquered realms innumerable without feeling anything about it. He has ripped the skin from his enemies while they still lived. He has cut hands and feet from his foes and fed them to the crocodiles while they wept and pleaded for mercy.
[He turned and stepped into G'raha's personal space in a challenge. Daring him to deny that Daqiang was a monster.]
Tools and monsters are the same. They don't care about the pain they bring others. They don't need to.
[He wanted to scare G'raha. Didn't dare to touch him. Just wanted G'raha to run. To turn away. To leave him to his pain. To make it easier to kill the emotions blooming in his heart.]