Serve. [He sounds perturbed. It smacks of the ghost tree. Of Serve and Protect stamped on the seal of the police department, framing the ghostly, lightning-like branches. He'd grown up with that command, that urging, to serve.] What do you mean, serve?
[He pulls back as well, to look at all of Julien. He sees the changes more clearly now that he's looking for them. Julien's changed immensely in the time he's known him, God knows, but he's not familiar with these.
He's seen his own father seduced by a being from another dimension. He's looking at Julien with growing unease.]
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[He pulls back as well, to look at all of Julien. He sees the changes more clearly now that he's looking for them. Julien's changed immensely in the time he's known him, God knows, but he's not familiar with these.
He's seen his own father seduced by a being from another dimension. He's looking at Julien with growing unease.]
...Julien, what did you do?