[Gregor definitely wants it. Don't worry, Miles, you'll always be special to Gregor. He has a huge leg up on anyone else meeting him here and starting over anew-- and it has nothing to do with knowing he's the emperor already, and knowing how much that swallows him up at times.
No, it's purely that he knows Gregor, that he's gotten him to feel comfortable around him. To trust him implicitly. That takes a very long time to build up, with Gregor. The product of years for the two of them.]
I can't imagine, [he says with a skeptical huff of laughter. Some of his honest bafflement at feeling this close with someone else anywhere near quickly filters through. Miles's mother comes closest, but the character of their relationship is entirely different-- maternal.
He accepts his wine and sips at it, relaxing back onto one elbow on the blanket.] You ought to have some outlet, too. As we discussed earlier. It's a mutual outlet.
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No, it's purely that he knows Gregor, that he's gotten him to feel comfortable around him. To trust him implicitly. That takes a very long time to build up, with Gregor. The product of years for the two of them.]
I can't imagine, [he says with a skeptical huff of laughter. Some of his honest bafflement at feeling this close with someone else anywhere near quickly filters through. Miles's mother comes closest, but the character of their relationship is entirely different-- maternal.
He accepts his wine and sips at it, relaxing back onto one elbow on the blanket.] You ought to have some outlet, too. As we discussed earlier. It's a mutual outlet.