@EmpyrianDiva ใ๐ใ[Passive to the very end. If that's the way you wish to live, you would be better off under my thrall.]
[But- for now... I'm interested more in where this path will lead you.]
[Most likely down a path of despair like no other. But I will be here to watch as you wilt.]
@EmpyrianDiva ใ๐ใ(That response earns a beat of silence. But he *laughs.* A low, bored laugh.)
[*You* won't let me? Have you forgotten why I call you a *thornless* rose?]
[All you can do as you are now is sit and look pretty. The *moral* support.]-
@EmpyrianDiva ใ๐ใ[Wracked with insecurites, constantly second-guessing yourself, denying your true nature, the nature I *gifted* you.]
[Bonds are a curse.]
[But this is the one curse you can throw away. You and your lovesick maestro both.]
@EmpyrianDiva ใ๐ใ(No answer, no response- and yet, he continues.)
[Ah- I understand, now.]
[You would be so, *so* broken if he were to turn on you.]
[And yet- do you know what he would do if you were to turn on him?]
[He would simply... *move. On.*]
@EmpyrianDiva ใ๐ใ[A dream?]
[Or a *premonition*?]
(It's as if his terrible voice was whispering in your ear.)
[Do you *truly* believe him to be so... infallible? So *incorruptible*?]
[I can prove that wrong with merely a breath. You should know better, thornless rose.]
@EmpyrianDiva -[Given the option between you, and answers- *fulfillment*, what do you think he will choose?]
[The obvious answer. Making himself whole *without* you.]
@EmpyrianDiva ใ๐ใ[Are you so certain, thornless rose?]
(The voice rings even as you wake.)
[Your pathetic lab rat hungers for answers. A machine of carnage in the meek body of a hangers-on.]
(You can feel his gaze on your back. Indifferent. Scornful.)-