"Oh, these? These are just the kind of thing that happens when you disobey! They're not too bad, really. Perspective! I've seen what happens when you make my master really mad." It's sort of like he has a pair of long fuzzy fingers, one on either side of his face. They seem to move whenever he says something like this.
He's being really sunny and that's happiness in his voice and face that doesn't look or sound clearly forced, that twitching or cleaning motion aside. Julien acts like he's not aware of it.
"Anyway, your master was all stick, no carrot. You know what I mean, punishment versus reward? Yeah. The Prince has plenty of carrots! You get to live up here, in the light! You get to..." For the first time he falters, his eyes glazing, and his palps are laying across his mouth again, as if to hush him. "You... get to earn your name back, you get to live... past your normal lifespan?"
He had that option already, didn't he? As a Champion he could live a very long time indeed, if he survived the invaders and wanted it enough. That's. Hm.
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He's being really sunny and that's happiness in his voice and face that doesn't look or sound clearly forced, that twitching or cleaning motion aside. Julien acts like he's not aware of it.
"Anyway, your master was all stick, no carrot. You know what I mean, punishment versus reward? Yeah. The Prince has plenty of carrots! You get to live up here, in the light! You get to..." For the first time he falters, his eyes glazing, and his palps are laying across his mouth again, as if to hush him. "You... get to earn your name back, you get to live... past your normal lifespan?"
He had that option already, didn't he? As a Champion he could live a very long time indeed, if he survived the invaders and wanted it enough. That's. Hm.