As I recall, you too had once attempted to talk the Lord Chancellor out of a decision he's already made. You yourself might recall that I attempted to speak on your behalf and was overruled.
[He's not offended that he doesn't remember, of course. There had been a lot happening -- but he had pointedly requested to offer the option of seeing the error of his ways, only to be shouted down by his "father".]
How many years have you been killing lycans, Grayson?
[Its not a question he asks with anger or even contempt. Its asked as one might ask a casual trivia question. He continues to hang on the bars of his cell, out of reach but in no way out of sight or any other sense.]
Animals. That is what all lycans have been reduced to. The burden of choice lies with those in power to change it.
[Lord Hastings was never meant to stay in power -- he was just as bad as the rest of them. Lucan himself was little more than a dog on a long leash, and such would remain until he found an alternative.]
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[He's not offended that he doesn't remember, of course. There had been a lot happening -- but he had pointedly requested to offer the option of seeing the error of his ways, only to be shouted down by his "father".]
How many years have you been killing lycans, Grayson?
[Its not a question he asks with anger or even contempt. Its asked as one might ask a casual trivia question. He continues to hang on the bars of his cell, out of reach but in no way out of sight or any other sense.]
Animals. That is what all lycans have been reduced to. The burden of choice lies with those in power to change it.
[Lord Hastings was never meant to stay in power -- he was just as bad as the rest of them. Lucan himself was little more than a dog on a long leash, and such would remain until he found an alternative.]