Worthwhile. [ he confirms, glancing up and over to the man, and the clarification for what he's meaning. for a cause. and it was, beyond just making the shitty place that low town was a little better for the kids that were stuck there. which was what that latter part meant, about his dad teaching him more than just those values and skills.
there's defending yourself for the sake of keeping peace, and then there's taking back what was stolen. for them, then, it was his sister. after, it was andyr's entire life, his family, his home, the person that he was, that he could've been. all they'd stripped from him.
but that's taking a sharp turn into something more heavy than just teaching kids in the slums, and while andyr's been content to scream it at the top of his lungs to half the population of his world, mostly for the fact they'd been so satisfied with just ignoring the ugliness of it, there is actually some measure of respect for this man. that, and, it's always easier to talk about when he's angry, and andyr's unfortunately not angry right now. not yet, at least. after rolling it around in his head a moment, he breathes out a slow exhale. ]
How about you and me have a trade? You tell me how you lost the eye, I tell you how I got these. [ bowing his head forward, the collar of his shirt tugs back with the movement, and Venom will be able to see a circular, metal port at the bottom of his neck, over his spine, roughly an inch in diameter, with something like a clear gel filling the central hole. andyr reaches a hand back to push his hair up from the back of his neck, showing another port at the base of his skull, this one with "PROPERTY OF HOUSE HAPSBURG" engraved into the rim.
It happens to have a lot to do with that 'for a cause' thing. ]
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there's defending yourself for the sake of keeping peace, and then there's taking back what was stolen. for them, then, it was his sister. after, it was andyr's entire life, his family, his home, the person that he was, that he could've been. all they'd stripped from him.
but that's taking a sharp turn into something more heavy than just teaching kids in the slums, and while andyr's been content to scream it at the top of his lungs to half the population of his world, mostly for the fact they'd been so satisfied with just ignoring the ugliness of it, there is actually some measure of respect for this man. that, and, it's always easier to talk about when he's angry, and andyr's unfortunately not angry right now. not yet, at least. after rolling it around in his head a moment, he breathes out a slow exhale. ]
How about you and me have a trade? You tell me how you lost the eye, I tell you how I got these. [ bowing his head forward, the collar of his shirt tugs back with the movement, and Venom will be able to see a circular, metal port at the bottom of his neck, over his spine, roughly an inch in diameter, with something like a clear gel filling the central hole. andyr reaches a hand back to push his hair up from the back of his neck, showing another port at the base of his skull, this one with "PROPERTY OF HOUSE HAPSBURG" engraved into the rim.
It happens to have a lot to do with that 'for a cause' thing. ]