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[tattooism]

[It is only when he sits back in his chair that Kiritsubo’s touch leaves him, because at that point it would be far too obvious to stay. Fingers slide down his bicep… and then they are gone, as if it were totally natural she had been touching him and now was not, her hands occupied instead with tea.]

No?

[She smiles knowingly, but without being asked… Does not volunteer how she could have possibly picked such a fitting image for him.]

What did your friend mean by it… ?

[hauntedking]

...I think he meant it is an insult.

[ His lips curve in a smile; it's a bit sad, a bit fond, maybe a touch bitter at the edges. ]

He was half right, in the end. But I was a beast for a time. And sometimes it's good to remember what you were so you don't make the same mistakes.

[tattooism]

Ara... But you must be a kind King now, if your friend was able to insult you without losing his head...

[After all, there are plenty of tyrants who would not allow such a thing, as she is sure that he knew. Well, let it be Dimitri's turn to smile bittersweet.]

You are not wrong about mistakes, however. Learning from them... That's part of what makes life interesting.

[hauntedking]

Well. I try to be - and at the time I had my own thoughts regarding who I was and what I should be.

[ It was a different time. ]

All we can do is move forward and try not to let ourselves be dragged down by the past. No matter how painful it might be or what has been lost. Pain may linger, but... it can't define you forever.

[ Something he tries to live by, even if he's not always successful. ]