Gods. Did he know that? Could he keep that promise? He recognized, now, how closely Martin's happiness was tied to his very own, and he knew that if it were to be true he might have to change himself. Something that had never been a concern before, something that he had never worried about up until this point.
And he would have to live up to Martin's memories of his father, too. Of this man that Bariyan had never met, who....
Gently, now: "Martin. What was your father's name?"
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Gods. Did he know that? Could he keep that promise? He recognized, now, how closely Martin's happiness was tied to his very own, and he knew that if it were to be true he might have to change himself. Something that had never been a concern before, something that he had never worried about up until this point.
And he would have to live up to Martin's memories of his father, too. Of this man that Bariyan had never met, who....
Gently, now: "Martin. What was your father's name?"