Can we just blame the Niffs again? I'd rather do that.
[He lifts his hand, curling the other around it, to conceal the ring and the last of the marks as they fade, feeling awkward and self-conscious. Even if they're just going to re-appear once he uses it again, since they still have training to do, he doesn't like the idea of his dad seeing it more. Not when it distresses him so much. Why didn't he think to dress up more? Long sleeves and a scarf would be suspicious on him, but at least it'd help minimize how visible they were.]
There was an attack when I was a kid. I got hurt, it made me sick, and it couldn't really be fixed all the way. [First in Insomnia, then in Tenebrae- Niflheim really had it out for him. Them.] I've had trouble with magic ever since... that's the reason.
[It's difficult to admit, his near-lifelong source of shame, but it's infinitely preferable to his father taking the blame when he doesn't deserve it. The Marilith was from Niflheim. The assault that forcibly separated him from the healing he'd desperately needed was from Niflheim. The war that kept his father too occupied to help him was from Niflheim. They did enough, so let them take the fall.]
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[He lifts his hand, curling the other around it, to conceal the ring and the last of the marks as they fade, feeling awkward and self-conscious. Even if they're just going to re-appear once he uses it again, since they still have training to do, he doesn't like the idea of his dad seeing it more. Not when it distresses him so much. Why didn't he think to dress up more? Long sleeves and a scarf would be suspicious on him, but at least it'd help minimize how visible they were.]
There was an attack when I was a kid. I got hurt, it made me sick, and it couldn't really be fixed all the way. [First in Insomnia, then in Tenebrae- Niflheim really had it out for him. Them.] I've had trouble with magic ever since... that's the reason.
[It's difficult to admit, his near-lifelong source of shame, but it's infinitely preferable to his father taking the blame when he doesn't deserve it. The Marilith was from Niflheim. The assault that forcibly separated him from the healing he'd desperately needed was from Niflheim. The war that kept his father too occupied to help him was from Niflheim. They did enough, so let them take the fall.]