05-13-2020, 02:29 PM
Dorian pulled his wallet closer and threw up a translator, so far he'd spoken twice and Dorian hated being ignorant of things. Specially if someone might be talking about him in a foreign language. He hadn't studied many - only Russian while he had gone to school here, but even that hadn't been for long. Spanish being his native language but learning English right along side - CCD's official language after all, but traditions ran strong in most countries still.
The man beside him had no friends and no family. That's how many Atharim were too. Dorian was like that too, before. But now as he got older, as the odds of his survival began to dwindle he saw family more clearly and he was losing it all. Old habits died hard. And it seemed he wanted a distraction. He recognized the man from a prior encounter however brief. Nox in peril yet again. When was the boy not? But his name he didn't get and he didn't speak to him prior.
Dorian didn't want to relay the whole sordid tale. It was his life, but there was humor in it all, that he could share. "It's a deary tale, one of love and betrayal on all sides." Dorian sipped at his renewed drink and pondered what it really was. "Mostly on my part, but some on theirs. My wife left me for another man I have known about for years. My son chose his friend over his father, and said friend nearly died because he was doing me a favor - twice."
The man beside him had no friends and no family. That's how many Atharim were too. Dorian was like that too, before. But now as he got older, as the odds of his survival began to dwindle he saw family more clearly and he was losing it all. Old habits died hard. And it seemed he wanted a distraction. He recognized the man from a prior encounter however brief. Nox in peril yet again. When was the boy not? But his name he didn't get and he didn't speak to him prior.
Dorian didn't want to relay the whole sordid tale. It was his life, but there was humor in it all, that he could share. "It's a deary tale, one of love and betrayal on all sides." Dorian sipped at his renewed drink and pondered what it really was. "Mostly on my part, but some on theirs. My wife left me for another man I have known about for years. My son chose his friend over his father, and said friend nearly died because he was doing me a favor - twice."