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nonverbal starters // no longer accepting

His visits have become routine – Lucio has stopped wondering about the hows and whys of Belial’s appearances, has let his heightened guard relax, and has rather found himself enjoying the other man’s company. An interesting conversation he can spin, once the wall of innuendo is lowered, and they have exchanged many a compelling thought.

…They had much more in common than he had originally thought was possible. How funny fate was.

Today, though, Belial was quieter than usual. While normally he has a tongue of quicksilver – always seeming to have the words ready before he himself is finished speaking – today it seems the fallen angel is content to let Lucio’s remarks hang in a comfortable silence. Even on the best of days Lucio finds it difficult to get a read on him but now?

Still, he is not one to pry. At least until…

take them by the hand to guide them

       Lucilius,

       Assuming that this has reached you, and that you haven't torn this to pieces upon realizing who it is from... I hope that you are well. It truly is unfortunate that it had to come to this, and that we could not ever see eye to eye.

I hope that you may take this time to think. You were certainly made better for it than I, after all.

...Sometimes, I think of what may have been, in a world where my master did not split apart. If you and I were entirely one and the same, as was intended. 'Twould most likely be a peaceful time, but I cannot picture it without feeling as if something is wrong. Is that peace what you had, even for a moment, with Lucifer?

I suppose I will never know. Perhaps I was never meant to know. But if it was... I am glad that you were able to have it.

☪︎  Bold any fears which apply to your muse. Italicise what makes them uncomfortable.

the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death/dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting

LOYALTY

You are good at sticking with people, even when things get awkward and tricky. You give people a second and third chance, because fundamentally, you are good at recognising people’s good sides (even when there’s quite a lot about them that is not so attractive). Partisanship is actually your strength: you stay on someone’s side for more than intellectual reasons – because they feel like a part of who you are.

REVERENCE

One part of you dreams of giving yourself up – perhaps just for a while – to a hero or mentor. In the right circumstances you can flourish by letting go of your ego. In your inner life, reverence plays out as a willing submission to your own conscience. In the outside world, you might get frustrated searching for something worth believing in – a country, a person, a company – but you will always be open to feeling respect, admiration and wonder.

SHYNESS

Part of you is gripped by the fear that you’ll launch into something and completely mess it up. The upside of this is wise caution: people are indeed often too rash, whereas you know, by instinct, that holding back can save you. Probably, you feel shame and self-disgust a bit too much. But when you do feel in your element, you act with a wisdom and sensitivity never found in people with thicker skins.

but are you two both proficient in sword and katana thats the IMPOrtANt pARt