[ this is such a specific and hateful piece of lore to have.
he doesn't really talk about this with anyone, and never has, so he's not sure what to say either. when he does speak, his voice is quieter than before, treading carefully. ]
Yes. Frankly, I am not certain how you deal with it.
[she doesn't like to talk about this, either, but it's come up so much already.]
I have always had to ensure I had one or two people around me who I could...trust, to a degree, though often it was their loyalty to my title I trusted in more than anything. And I would rely on them to tell me what was real and what wasn't.
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he doesn't really talk about this with anyone, and never has, so he's not sure what to say either. when he does speak, his voice is quieter than before, treading carefully. ]
Yes. Frankly, I am not certain how you deal with it.
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[she doesn't like to talk about this, either, but it's come up so much already.]
I have always had to ensure I had one or two people around me who I could...trust, to a degree, though often it was their loyalty to my title I trusted in more than anything. And I would rely on them to tell me what was real and what wasn't.