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king "#1 shitposter" gilgamesh ([personal profile] babbylon) wrote in [community profile] futurology 2016-03-11 12:29 pm (UTC)

Haven't you ever been told? You should only apologize if you've done something wrong.

[Though he chides her, it's gentle enough in spirit. She's clearly cut from maidenly stock, even if she possesses the persona of some poor slave girl; he's willing to forgive a few imperfections, as her voice sounds so clear, so saintly, even as it wavers. Beautiful things would always enrapture him as a born keeper of treasure.]

I see, I see. But I must tell you, lions are carnivores. They kill to eat, and someday, they must hunt. They may subsist off scraps for now, yet their instincts will drive them to go after larger prey in time. Can you stomach it?

[His eyes grow almost imperceptibly sharp, so very red and so very serpentine.]

Watching another living creature die.

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