[ for the first time, kaveh finds room to wonder if his master is, in fact, mad.
there had been moments before where he wondered, instead, if everything that leaves his mouth is a mockery. that he simply chooses to taunt his servant for the sake of it, because he enjoys riling up a heroic spirit. other times, he had simply found alhaitham hard to understand, a man who sees the world much differently from everyone else. in a way, there, kaveh found room to relate. the idea came with strong opposition from his heart, who holds too much pride on its own.
kaveh is given permission to step through a door that he had then thought to be locked, permission to enter a room and study the way it is built. it is a trust-fall. it is words spoken with the reassurance of a man who knows kaveh will not find anything of ill-intent.
he reaches for the rainbow-prism of his glass, and does not drink it. servants have no need for nourishment the way humans do, and mana, alhaitham already provides him with abundance.
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there had been moments before where he wondered, instead, if everything that leaves his mouth is a mockery. that he simply chooses to taunt his servant for the sake of it, because he enjoys riling up a heroic spirit. other times, he had simply found alhaitham hard to understand, a man who sees the world much differently from everyone else. in a way, there, kaveh found room to relate. the idea came with strong opposition from his heart, who holds too much pride on its own.
kaveh is given permission to step through a door that he had then thought to be locked, permission to enter a room and study the way it is built. it is a trust-fall. it is words spoken with the reassurance of a man who knows kaveh will not find anything of ill-intent.
he reaches for the rainbow-prism of his glass, and does not drink it. servants have no need for nourishment the way humans do, and mana, alhaitham already provides him with abundance.
kaveh does not meet his eyes. ]
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