The eunuch nods, knowing this truth all too well. "The face can be a mask that hides unspeakable horrors. I am not so young that I am ignorant of this."
It's the soft press of the other that brings his eyes to an added brightness, as well as the words. Loyalty. Respect. Friendship. He may not have personal knowledge of all three, but he knows everything there is to know about the first two.
"Such was the Macedonian way. The King was not a God, but a general leading his men to glory. Until Alexander, who was bred by Ammon himself. The Oracle at Siwah confirmed it, and still he was but a mortal man. He never decided for others what he would not decide for himself, and his love..."
He shakes his head, feeling the loss too keenly of a sudden. Better then to gaze at the water, let it soothe him back to composure. "His love had only one condition. Loyalty. He would never turn away love."
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It's the soft press of the other that brings his eyes to an added brightness, as well as the words. Loyalty. Respect. Friendship. He may not have personal knowledge of all three, but he knows everything there is to know about the first two.
"Such was the Macedonian way. The King was not a God, but a general leading his men to glory. Until Alexander, who was bred by Ammon himself. The Oracle at Siwah confirmed it, and still he was but a mortal man. He never decided for others what he would not decide for himself, and his love..."
He shakes his head, feeling the loss too keenly of a sudden. Better then to gaze at the water, let it soothe him back to composure. "His love had only one condition. Loyalty. He would never turn away love."