[It's an honest statement from a synth known for being more than his makeup, a human sentiment from someone distinctly not human. He'd been reminded just how non-human he was with his own mirror. He was a tool, something that could be turned on people with the flip of a switch for all he knew. What if half the Institute came through the Door one day? Or a whole host of their synths looking to raid Hadriel as if it were some settlement? Or worse, what if he lost himself somewhere in that tangled mess of memories in his head? Went all Broken Mask on the residents who had come to trust him? The gods might bring them back, but who knew if they could do the same for someone like him, someone wholly inorganic.
It was too close to him, given what he's been through in the last couple of months. He broke his mirror that morning, as well -- he couldn't stand seeing someone wearing his face committing those kinds of atrocities.
He puts his hands in his coat pockets, giving Maketh an even look that betrays the knotting in his gut.]
Guardpost!
[It's an honest statement from a synth known for being more than his makeup, a human sentiment from someone distinctly not human. He'd been reminded just how non-human he was with his own mirror. He was a tool, something that could be turned on people with the flip of a switch for all he knew. What if half the Institute came through the Door one day? Or a whole host of their synths looking to raid Hadriel as if it were some settlement? Or worse, what if he lost himself somewhere in that tangled mess of memories in his head? Went all Broken Mask on the residents who had come to trust him? The gods might bring them back, but who knew if they could do the same for someone like him, someone wholly inorganic.
It was too close to him, given what he's been through in the last couple of months. He broke his mirror that morning, as well -- he couldn't stand seeing someone wearing his face committing those kinds of atrocities.
He puts his hands in his coat pockets, giving Maketh an even look that betrays the knotting in his gut.]