Of losing who you are. He lost it for fifteen years. In a way, he still is losing it and not anywhere close to gaining it back as he was six months ago before all this happened. He hates it, truly, because he feels this past decade and half has turned him weak. Absorbing Wells' DNA was necessary, but the drawbacks of it are ones he wishes he could be without. It feels like a constant curse looming over his mind.
But these aren't things he can speak of to Shade. Not to anyone. He isn't sure anyone could understand even if he did open up. He takes a languid sip of his whiskey before responding again.
"So you need helpers. What sort of compensation are we talking about here?"
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Of losing who you are. He lost it for fifteen years. In a way, he still is losing it and not anywhere close to gaining it back as he was six months ago before all this happened. He hates it, truly, because he feels this past decade and half has turned him weak. Absorbing Wells' DNA was necessary, but the drawbacks of it are ones he wishes he could be without. It feels like a constant curse looming over his mind.
But these aren't things he can speak of to Shade. Not to anyone. He isn't sure anyone could understand even if he did open up. He takes a languid sip of his whiskey before responding again.
"So you need helpers. What sort of compensation are we talking about here?"