[They did tell him to be quiet, but not until later, told him other things first. Magneto promised him a planet, before finding him unworthy; Asher plans to rule more than that. Princes become kings.
Anya is more skillful; but the pressure fractured her as much as it forged her, and he was carved in other ways, told to be hard, to be merciless, to be right, unwittingly rewarded for the ruthlessness that came easy to both of them. He's more ambitious, more steady, less vulnerable, even with Riddick, where he lets all his guards down, curls up with his belly bared.]
I just hate that it makes such a difference. She doesn't even take care of Magda.
[Where take care of means kill, gently, with a pillow when he's ten years old, waiting for her to fight him the whole time, hoping to excavate any part of her that wanted to live. Where take care of means everything except all the taking care of that Anya actually did.]
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Date: 2014-07-11 04:00 pm (UTC)Anya is more skillful; but the pressure fractured her as much as it forged her, and he was carved in other ways, told to be hard, to be merciless, to be right, unwittingly rewarded for the ruthlessness that came easy to both of them. He's more ambitious, more steady, less vulnerable, even with Riddick, where he lets all his guards down, curls up with his belly bared.]
I just hate that it makes such a difference. She doesn't even take care of Magda.
[Where take care of means kill, gently, with a pillow when he's ten years old, waiting for her to fight him the whole time, hoping to excavate any part of her that wanted to live. Where take care of means everything except all the taking care of that Anya actually did.]