#arc 003.

“ this is a joke, right? ” he asks, resisting the urge to scoff. he knows the other man probably doesn't mean anything by it, and if vax'ildan had heard this any number of years prior, he might have laughed too. he didn't really have it in him anymore. “ maybe you should close your heart to chaos. it is kinder in the long run. ”

“ you're... asking me to believe in someone i don't know. ” he looks at her rather curiously, head tilted slightly to the side. it might be funny if he didn't feel bad for her. “ why don't you tell me more about this traveler. maybe that will help jog my memory. ”

“i  don't  remember  much  about  my  larvae  state,  but  i  do  remember  ego  bringing  me  to  his  planet…  he  was  not  a  good  father,  but  it  seems  you  were  raised  with  love.”  she  feels  sentimental,  not  over  her  perceived  father  figure  but  over  what  could've  been  –  a  sort  of  yearning.  maybe  in  another  life  ego  could  have  loved  her  like  a  dad  should,  but  not  in  this  one.  she  still  hasn't  come  to  terms  with  it.  “what  was  your  father  like?”