VasyaTheUnwise

Gustave helps.

Like imagine two young aspiring linguists, Viktor with a clear natural predisposition, already fluid in several languages before the age of 6, having been torn away from his place of birth, bathing in all of Zaun's dialects since childhood, and still learning more!

Jayce having almost forgotten his mother's tongue, he doesn't dream in it for s o l o n g , but he studies, and he learns, and he sees what words on silver can do, how they can change the world and he needs to be their, to drive it further, to do more

Like, it's the first time Damen sympathises with Laurent, and though his sympathy is egotistical in nature, it's still there, and it is there to stay

Also it's the first time they get a glimpse at each other's competence, at how trully capable the other is, and come on, it absolutely turns them on, just generally about each other

Damen on the other hand praises himself on the fact that he only ever slept with people who wanted it, while in fact at least a noticeable part of these people (if not most?) were slaves, possibly drugged. So yeah from the way their position in society and upbringing were constructed, they kinda didn't mind, and Damen was trying to be a respectful lover, but still, they were not actively choosing to sleep with him. Were not chosing at all in fact.

Plus spécifiquement, Jayce à qui on demande de mettre son nom sur le tableau pendant la colle et il est sincèrement épris d'angoisse parce que ce n'était pas dans le programme