01-19-2020, 04:51 PM
"I am not afraid of you, Adrian. Not as you are now. However, I cannot deny that I am afraid of what you could become if you choose to follow me. This path, this power, changes people. Even without delving into the First Magics, but especially if you do. I cannot say how, but it will change you, Adrian."
Alstroemeria spoke more matter-of-factually then severely, and did not loose eye contact with her nephew.
"I saw it best to be upfront about this. Time and time again I've watched it break those whom I have walked beside. It could very well break me too one day, or I could turn into the very tyrant I seek to rid this world of. Thus, there is fear in leading you down this path. For if I fear for myself, then of course I would fear for someone I love taking the same risks. I cannot help myself."
She smiled softly, reassuringly.
"But such is the rational reaction to such things. It is not bad to be afraid, so long as you do not let it control you. Better to admit that you are, than to bury it. Now, is there anything I've said that has frightened you?"
Alstroemeria spoke more matter-of-factually then severely, and did not loose eye contact with her nephew.
"I saw it best to be upfront about this. Time and time again I've watched it break those whom I have walked beside. It could very well break me too one day, or I could turn into the very tyrant I seek to rid this world of. Thus, there is fear in leading you down this path. For if I fear for myself, then of course I would fear for someone I love taking the same risks. I cannot help myself."
She smiled softly, reassuringly.
"But such is the rational reaction to such things. It is not bad to be afraid, so long as you do not let it control you. Better to admit that you are, than to bury it. Now, is there anything I've said that has frightened you?"