All of those traits are what kept me alive, you know.
[ But.
But.
He's noticed it. Those creeping, crawling moments. Those spaces when his mouth opens, and he says something -- and Silco often thinks the things that he doesn't say, but it's quite different to feel his mouth open, and things start to slip out of his mouth. He's heard something about these shadows now, how they bring out the worst traits in someone, but Silco was already such an indulgent man in his darker side -- the only thing he feared -- that was the loss of that tightly held control. Something he so carefully had crafted over the years, when he'd been so angry and out of control, in those early years.
Now he wasn't, but his shadow chose to use that against him. It wasn't darker impulses, Silco could do those just fine. It was the carefully held control and secrets --
And he could not say some things. Such as how he died, now. ]
This isn't some... ploy to read my mind, is it?
[ It's a more token response, but Mikey's point isn't what sells it, it's the fact that otherwise, he might say something he shouldn't. To the wrong person. ]
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[ But.
But.
He's noticed it. Those creeping, crawling moments. Those spaces when his mouth opens, and he says something -- and Silco often thinks the things that he doesn't say, but it's quite different to feel his mouth open, and things start to slip out of his mouth. He's heard something about these shadows now, how they bring out the worst traits in someone, but Silco was already such an indulgent man in his darker side -- the only thing he feared -- that was the loss of that tightly held control. Something he so carefully had crafted over the years, when he'd been so angry and out of control, in those early years.
Now he wasn't, but his shadow chose to use that against him. It wasn't darker impulses, Silco could do those just fine. It was the carefully held control and secrets --
And he could not say some things. Such as how he died, now. ]
This isn't some... ploy to read my mind, is it?
[ It's a more token response, but Mikey's point isn't what sells it, it's the fact that otherwise, he might say something he shouldn't. To the wrong person. ]