>>24979457"He might as well be with how you treat him, am I rite?"
Okay, so all things said and done that's a godawful line to follow up with that's true if not overly fucking blunt, but it's been said and there's nothing you can do to take it back. You wait for Garakaw to slam your skull in with his club, but to your surprise and relief, that outburst never comes.
"Hmph.." the tension on his face eases slightly. "You should warn me in advance if you're attempting to joke again, Mr. Calemson. I don't amuse easily."
>'J-JOKING?!'"I can tell.."
"Though I may not act like it, my lineage is very important to me. Every setback brings us down, just as every breakthrough brings us up. That's why I'm hard on the boy. I'm not one to coddle, my mother defines me in many ways but that is not one of them. Once he grows old enough, I'll lecture him just as she did me. Until then, he can enjoy his childhood, what little of it he has left."
"Come," he calls, proceeding forward. "the Siren that you seek is just up ahead."
