For all that honesty brightens, it casts long shadows.
( or — being entirely truthful at times just tends to make certain issues worse. while not among his virtues as a man, the darkling wouldn't say he's on par for lying the way nikolai dons masks to overlay his inner self. aleksander is only ever himself — at least at this point, unburdened by the years he spent cultivating new names, new lives, the son of himself and himselves, brought to this moment.
he's only the darkling. the black heretic. aleksander morozova, yes, to find it both freeing and damning to have his true name on nikolai's mind. )
Present. It appears you've remembered. Glad to see your mind is in working order.
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( or — being entirely truthful at times just tends to make certain issues worse. while not among his virtues as a man, the darkling wouldn't say he's on par for lying the way nikolai dons masks to overlay his inner self. aleksander is only ever himself — at least at this point, unburdened by the years he spent cultivating new names, new lives, the son of himself and himselves, brought to this moment.
he's only the darkling. the black heretic. aleksander morozova, yes, to find it both freeing and damning to have his true name on nikolai's mind. )
Present.
It appears you've remembered. Glad to see your mind is in working order.