'Macho', that's going on Dimitri's vocabulary list.
"If we do, I don't know about it. Though I wouldn't. My upbringing was ... sheltered." Even his childhood friends weren't exactly his peers, and after his father died he lost what few chances at privacy or freedom he'd had. "We have a storied tradition of lady knights -- one the friend I mentioned aspires to -- but for men ... "
He's reluctant to bring this part of his life here. He doesn't like to join the two, when this is one of the only places he feels free of it. When Ossie is one of the few people Dimitri can truly believe doesn't see him as a killer.
" ... A man aspires to be knightly," he says slowly, spooling out thoughts that grate against the bars in his mind. "A knight is honorable. Loyal. Dutiful. A woman who aspires to knighthood pursues something noble. But a man who refuses it is ... " He trails off, uncertain how the sentence should end, then looks up at Ossie for understanding.
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Date: 2023-03-19 11:24 pm (UTC)"If we do, I don't know about it. Though I wouldn't. My upbringing was ... sheltered." Even his childhood friends weren't exactly his peers, and after his father died he lost what few chances at privacy or freedom he'd had. "We have a storied tradition of lady knights -- one the friend I mentioned aspires to -- but for men ... "
He's reluctant to bring this part of his life here. He doesn't like to join the two, when this is one of the only places he feels free of it. When Ossie is one of the few people Dimitri can truly believe doesn't see him as a killer.
" ... A man aspires to be knightly," he says slowly, spooling out thoughts that grate against the bars in his mind. "A knight is honorable. Loyal. Dutiful. A woman who aspires to knighthood pursues something noble. But a man who refuses it is ... " He trails off, uncertain how the sentence should end, then looks up at Ossie for understanding.