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@kryetar​ asked: ​ ' i believe they call this interrogating. '

“Do they?” That doesn’t help. He shrugs, as if something like that had never crossed his mind and never would. Nothing to see her, despite his default setting being intimidating. Which he also hasn’t taken any steps to fix. “Ever seen one?” He grins, a little unsettling. That still doesn’t dispell any illusions about the interrogation-ness of this encounter. “Believe me, if this was an interrogation, you’d be uncomfortably aware.” For all that Sebastian doesn’t go around telling his strangers his occupation, it’s moments like these that easily could be mistaken for a confession. That said, Ira’s not really a stranger. He’s Severin’s friend after all. They’ve met before. That’s something. 

(for @gunmetclgrey ily and alex)

Chris:

He doesn’t like that Chris left at all. Sebastian let a teenager walk out into the unknown and somehow managed to rein in any possessiveness that might have spurred him to hunt down his son and bring him back.

So really, what he admires most is Chris’s determination and independence. 

A teenager shouldn’t be living alone without anyone to help him and perhaps Sebastian’s got some way of making sure he’s not dead, but Chris saw that his current situation wasn’t going to be a good one and he got out. Sebastian can respect that. 

Alex:    

She’s got all of his bad qualities - she’s stubborn, bad with relationships, the list continues on. He watched her grow up, though sometimes in very short windows when he was busy. Still, he was a constant in her childhood, as others left or died. And somehow she managed to look up to him, which isn’t necessarily something he’ll ever understand. 

She’s tenacious. 

Maybe she’s a bit of a thief and doesn’t cope well with things, but she won’t give up on what she wants. This may have driven him mad while she was a teenager, but it also means that she’s done what she wants with her life and that maybe, despite how poorly things went when she was younger, she’ll be able to be happy. 

"Unless you want to pull a friend out of the woodwork who’s even less suited to living life than you, then yes, it’s still you.” He sounds almost bored. Maybe he is. It’s not like it’s hard to insult Severin this way. For any similarities they may share, Sebastian still looks better on paper and always will. So a setback like this isn’t going to be quite the blow it would be for Severin.

🥳 for your muse to find out it’s my muse’s birthday

ft @diabolicaltendencies and @strangerinourmidst

“I had a human mother. Sort of. I wasn’t born in the traditional sense, but I’m part human, and that’s what they told me. But I don’t remember it - I remember months after, when I gained something like full sentience. I was still small, but I grew faster because of what I am.” This is getting long and complicated, but he never knows how to explain these things. “It was the twins that decided on a day. They said I had to.” Not quite like that, but more or less like that. “I was confused, but they explained.” He’d still been confused when they’d explained - he wasn’t a human, so he hadn’t really been born. Therefore no birthday. Things didn’t really have birthdays. He’d been born a weapon, and that was that. 

@perdefinitio​ you get BOTH

[ nap ] for your muse to fall asleep against mine

He hadn’t said anything when Severin had leaned closer. They don’t get moments like this much, which is probably a little bit the fault of them both, but a lot of the blame can definitely be laid at Sebastian’s feet. He keeps Severin at arm’s length when he shouldn’t and he can’t even put into words why. The reasons are many and likely mostly boil down to the fact that Severin displays vulnerabilities that in many ways mirror Sebastian’s own. It’s not their differences that scare him - it’s how similar they are. If Sebastian’s in the mood for feeling sorry for himself, then he can’t really begrudge human contact - it’s better when he doesn’t ask for it. He focuses instead on a list of things he needs to get ready for next week - whatever they were part watching, part making fun of, and part using as an excuse for a drinking game continuing to play on the TV in the background.