[He started to speak. The word sounded cracked and dry, and he hadn't even hit puberty yet. He wanted to yell, Give it back, and it was utterly childish in the way he wanted to vent his own frustration and bury his face in the mask's hidden safety.
He cuts himself off immediately. A flash of panic cuts behind his eyes again, but this time both more immediate as well as far away, one more like remembering than dawning recognition.
The Court didn't like it when he spoke, because he was never very obedient when he spoke. And they always demanded absolute obedience. A tool was supposed to be obedient and silent.
He feels like he's going to be sick. He was-- he was letting too much emotion out, he had to focus, bring it back in, get back to the job. The boy could easily hand the mask over when he's dead. (But that, he doesn't like the sound of that anymore but it's his job and he has to.)
He tries to steel himself again(he can't lock it all away again, not right now on such short notice), and moves to bodily tackle Damian to the ground in response to his stupid game of keep away. He needed to finish this and get away and leave now.]
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[He started to speak. The word sounded cracked and dry, and he hadn't even hit puberty yet. He wanted to yell, Give it back, and it was utterly childish in the way he wanted to vent his own frustration and bury his face in the mask's hidden safety.
He cuts himself off immediately. A flash of panic cuts behind his eyes again, but this time both more immediate as well as far away, one more like remembering than dawning recognition.
The Court didn't like it when he spoke, because he was never very obedient when he spoke. And they always demanded absolute obedience. A tool was supposed to be obedient and silent.
He feels like he's going to be sick. He was-- he was letting too much emotion out, he had to focus, bring it back in, get back to the job. The boy could easily hand the mask over when he's dead. (But that, he doesn't like the sound of that anymore but it's his job and he has to.)
He tries to steel himself again(he can't lock it all away again, not right now on such short notice), and moves to bodily tackle Damian to the ground in response to his stupid game of keep away. He needed to finish this and get away and leave now.]