@healieas asked: "Measure yourself against the truth and not the other way around." / al.
❛ advice ?? ❜ al leans back in his chair, crossing his legs and resting his elbows on the arms of the chair. brown eyes regard elias steadily. just the two of them, at the moment. he finds elias fascinating. finds the institute fascinating. he wants nothing more than to dig out the secrets of this place, of the man behind the desk across from him. he wonders how much elias knows about him, how much elias can See about him. or has chosen to See about him. he wonders if elias knows al Looked at him. he wonders if elias knows that his face blurs around the edges when peered at. knows that his eyes stand out in sharp relief to the softened edges.
❛ truth is a bit of a tricky subject. can’t lie, but then some truth is subjective, isn’t it ?? ❜ al shrugs and folds his hands.
