The hypocrisy was as lost on them as a human in Avalon's forests. [Puck sighed.] It didn't stop there. We're all expected to return home and tell Oberon and Titania both how much we want to serve them. To pledge our lives to them entirely, and without care for anything or anyone we've known in our time away.
[Puck's eyes stung with tears suddenly and he inhaled sharply.] That would have worked then, I suppose. Back when all of the children were being treated like diversions that just happened to be able to speak and think. Being told to ignore my own ideas and opinions on the two of them and to simply- [Puck coughed and forced his voice to go deep for a moment in a mimic of Oberon] Obey, that's what you exist to do, Puck.
[That proved to be a bit too much, and Puck's shoulders began to shake as his tears spilled over. He cried softly, remembering the level of emotional abuse he'd suffered. It had been horrible, to put it lightly. Puck took a breath.]
So to think that.. That this ruler is trying to do the same thing--It just.. Brought back some very unpleasant memories. I made the mistake of helping myself think of them.
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Date: 2024-02-02 01:37 am (UTC)[Puck's eyes stung with tears suddenly and he inhaled sharply.] That would have worked then, I suppose. Back when all of the children were being treated like diversions that just happened to be able to speak and think. Being told to ignore my own ideas and opinions on the two of them and to simply- [Puck coughed and forced his voice to go deep for a moment in a mimic of Oberon] Obey, that's what you exist to do, Puck.
[That proved to be a bit too much, and Puck's shoulders began to shake as his tears spilled over. He cried softly, remembering the level of emotional abuse he'd suffered. It had been horrible, to put it lightly. Puck took a breath.]
So to think that.. That this ruler is trying to do the same thing--It just.. Brought back some very unpleasant memories. I made the mistake of helping myself think of them.