( he hesitated for a moment. )
...but i suppose i would regret not taking it.
( he is quick to close the gap with a hoot escaping, hugging his father. for the first time in a long while. ouh.. bittersweet!! )
( stolas blinked once. twice. a small laugh escaped him despite himself, more bewildered than amused. )
forgive me, father. after several centuries, i was not expecting to be presented with " hug or whatever " as an option... ——&&
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you 𝓈eem to believe i lack heart . what do you think i built this empire out of .ᐣ certainly not .. completely pure 𝒻orce .
i’m the one who preened you as a baby , this shouldn’t be any different .
now , i should be going . you may bow , or hug or .. whatever .
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/ i received a little gift from a friend ! such realism & brilliance crafted into the image of king paimon . ✨
drawn by the lovely @/ainturwaifu !
#HelluvaBoss#Paimon
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( for a moment, stolas simply stared at him. )
that may very well be the first time i have heard you say something remotely resembling affection, father.
( his gaze drifted elsewhere, a small breath escaping him. ) ——&&
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do you prefer i call you “ boy “ .ᐣ just because you’re important to your role , doesn’t mean i can’t enjoy our 𝓁ittle moments .
what point is there , to look at you all as tools .ᐣ there is so much more , and since we’re immortals , we might as well be 𝒻amily .
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I see.
( a small humorless smile crossed his face. )
It is somewhat, and oddly so, comforting to know that even now you still speak of me as a duty before a son.
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you know just how important my job is to me , and as it is , you are also apart of my duty . it isn’t like i created you for no reason .
you are born 𝒻or this role . that - ice fellow was not . he’s merely entrusted in this title for a little while .
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( atolas watches the Goetia, reciprocating the bow as he was taught in his life. )
I.. had no clue that Goetias require someone in the human world to dıe. Would you.. mind sharing the reason? We do need to check that they deserve it.
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⠀⠀ Malphas laughed , one of his hands
shifting to cover his beak .
“ Oh , ‘ sir ’ ? How very formal ! ”
The avian stated with a wide smile ,
hand slowly returning to it’s prior
position .
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( eyes narrow, fixed on him. Missplaced anger and depression are a bitch. )
I need no compliments or encouragement of a father than can't even look me in the face when he voices them, but finds it a mere breeze to insult me.
( eyes linger as his father averts the gaze, gripping onto the newspaper and making it tear. )
What a son I am.. banished, stripped of power and responsibility.. divorced.. I must be quite the disappointment, it's alright. ——&&
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⠀⠀─── what's a century in our lives, if not the blink of an eye. 𝐈'm confident enough you are getting through that, you are 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧, after all.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀naturally, wouldn't say those words whilst having clear eye contact.
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I've merely been a touch preoccupied with employment, father.
( Gaze narrows and newspaper taken. )
An unfortunate necessity when one no longer has endless wealth to fall back upon.
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⠀⠀─── how uncommon of you, I though of you as someone who was always up to date... naturally.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀a distant look in his eyes, handing over the roll of the royal newspaper.
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( He stares at the cash, one of four eyes twitching. )
Thank.. you. father.
I cannot help but notice you're ... nicer than usual. this is unfamiliar to me..
( gaze averts to stare back at the money. )
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strapping . eh .. 𝓅oor thing you , here - you’re lucky you’re my son . take this , it’ll benefit us both to have you alive .
( licking his finger , and flicking through a few hundreds . lifting the others hand , and placing it in his palm . about 700$ cash . )
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⠀⠀⠀⠀oh my, to lie to him upfront would be quite a scandal.
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⠀⠀─── how could I feel anything for that 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝, although I hope he recovers from that 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 thingy.
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( Stolas does as ordered, back straightening further than it already had been, head already tilted back because by Lucifer's hat, his father is tall. )
Well, there is a bit of a food problem in the lower class..
Namely it doesn't ——&&
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i’m many things , the best daddy is one of them . chin up , back straight . you’re a goetia .. powers or not , and you’re my 𝓈on , so you cannot be weak . even if you’re .. thin . lucfier , eat a little .
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