visibly recoiling slightly. he Hates that mask.. "vahlok got very, very lucky.." scowling, glaring at the thing. "that is meant to remain locked away."
"Bold choice of words. Weren't you defeated by Vahlok the Jailer? He didn't even have a dragon mask. Unless he was Konahrik. . ."
She had a few theories about that mask. Speaking of, she had it in her hand.
"Horns are a lot cooler than tentacles."
"to you, perhaps they are. though i do not pity you.. you are akin to a sheep in a flock, and akatosh is your shepherd. being in control of your fate is far better."
"What are you on?! You were given a power that is, on all accounts, amazing! One kill and you get to be a hero, guaranteed Sovngarde! A life worth of adventure with divine power! Every faction eventually makes you leader. These shackles are awesome!"
akatosh, hermaeus, molag... they are all cruel, and that word alone is not enough. many would shout hearsay when it comes to the divines.
how long have you been awake and wandering?
Miraak. Of course I've heard of you. The First Dragonborn. I may have been locked away for centuries, but I wasn't completely cut off from the world. You were a dragon priest once, before all of . . . this.
"akatosh asks mortal men to deal with an unruly son that he will not discipline himself! he calls that destiny? it is being shackled. it is 𝗵𝗶𝘀 lack of action, if anything."
"That's not even remotely comparable. You decided to serve a bunch of tentacles over doing as Akatosh wished for you. All you even had to do was kill a dragon, who, in all honesty, was not much stronger than his brethren. Your lack of action is what caused this mess!"
"breaking it?" he almost barks out a laugh. "i highly doubt he will let go of me that easily. he chases me to the ends of the lands already." arms crossed, grumbling.
he raised his hands in surrender, then he put his hands back down.
"paaz, a fair answer, miraak. . .though, do know if you need help breaking your bond to mora, I will help."
torden offered, mainly because it felt like the right thing to offer.
/ if i was stuck in apocrypha for that long and mora was like "ouu the tides of fate...you must kill the last dragonborn or im not letting you goooo." yyeeeah.....ok mora. whatever dude. desperation for freedom will make u do crazy things.
/ hashtag woke miraak opinion: while i do think his motivations are like 99.7% power & knowledge hungry i also think that he was just plain sick and TIRED of the cult AND mora's bullshit. he just wanted to see the damn SUN again fr.
"you are not the only one bound to mora, have you forgotten?" still keeping up that ward, "you may loathe me all you wish, dovahkiin. we are in the same boat, now."
". . .?"
"Why do you pretend like you've any reason of offense. You are well aware of what it cost for me to stop your uprising. The life of a good man. My own soul tied to a batch of tentacles! What makes you think you can simply show up near me?!"