[ he shakes his head. in comparison to the softness of her gaze, sigma's are stony cold. they can't hold any warmth, having never been taught how. ]

Until this week, I hadn't really considered it. But perhaps that really is the case.

[ watcher's shadows had mentioned it, so had the assassin servant, and now this lady who's name he doesn't even know. but even if it's fucked up and inhumane, what can he do about it? ]

To me it's a fact of life, just like how you went to school and wrote essays and ended up working for a bank. Maybe I could have had a different life if someone had saved me, but then I'd likely be a completely different person. [ he shrugs. ] It is what it is.