[ Before it slips away, because Venti's earned the right to honesty. ]
I remember all of it now. [ His fingers curl in the material of the couch. ] We were inseparable until we were eighteen. And then we joined the Imperial Knights — something we'd dreamed of doing as kids. Thought we'd... get to protect people that way. Be a force for good.
[ Beat. ]
As you might've guessed from all the past-tense, it didn't really work out that way. Foot soldiers don't get to choose who they protect. Who they police.
I lasted all of three months before I couldn't take it anymore. And we had the biggest fight. [ Huffs out a breath. ] More accurate to say we'd been fighting, I guess, for weeks at that point. But this was the blowout. The one where we both said the kind of thing you can't just apologize for.
1/2??
Take him somewhere for lunch?
[ Before it slips away, because Venti's earned the right to honesty. ]
I remember all of it now. [ His fingers curl in the material of the couch. ] We were inseparable until we were eighteen. And then we joined the Imperial Knights — something we'd dreamed of doing as kids. Thought we'd... get to protect people that way. Be a force for good.
[ Beat. ]
As you might've guessed from all the past-tense, it didn't really work out that way. Foot soldiers don't get to choose who they protect. Who they police.
I lasted all of three months before I couldn't take it anymore. And we had the biggest fight. [ Huffs out a breath. ] More accurate to say we'd been fighting, I guess, for weeks at that point. But this was the blowout. The one where we both said the kind of thing you can't just apologize for.