[ And yet that is the role he's chosen, the one he's had since he was younger than Nero. It is all self-imposed although the mages did need to grow up very fast. They never had their teen years, they didn't get outlets where they could be that catty and struggle until they were older. And that was part of Stregobor's molding too. Calm. Controlled. Never let someone get to you, they're all lesser than you.
In that moment, he could almost see Stregobor in him, go for the pain, go for the killing blow. It's not always a bad thing to be able to do that, and if it was one of the cultists or a Thorne enemy, he wouldn't hesitate. But it's Nero, so it's not the same. They're not actually enemies. ]
He probably saved my life in the Pit. Someone else was drugged and out of their mind and strangled me. He got in the way. I did the same thing for Geralt.
[ They did try to help each other. He doesn't name that Ciri was the one because that is still not a topic he likes. The problem with the situation with Ciri is that he was going to let her kill him. Also not something Lucifer would want to know. ]
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[ And yet that is the role he's chosen, the one he's had since he was younger than Nero. It is all self-imposed although the mages did need to grow up very fast. They never had their teen years, they didn't get outlets where they could be that catty and struggle until they were older. And that was part of Stregobor's molding too. Calm. Controlled. Never let someone get to you, they're all lesser than you.
In that moment, he could almost see Stregobor in him, go for the pain, go for the killing blow. It's not always a bad thing to be able to do that, and if it was one of the cultists or a Thorne enemy, he wouldn't hesitate. But it's Nero, so it's not the same. They're not actually enemies.
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He probably saved my life in the Pit. Someone else was drugged and out of their mind and strangled me. He got in the way. I did the same thing for Geralt.
[ They did try to help each other. He doesn't name that Ciri was the one because that is still not a topic he likes. The problem with the situation with Ciri is that he was going to let her kill him. Also not something Lucifer would want to know. ]