[Gregor had been expecting Miles to pick up on the fact that there's something else afoot here (of course Gregor doesn't actually have to ask; that's why he'd done all this), and he'd also expected him to go along with it anyway. But witnessing him do it sends a short burst of affection through him, quickly muffled as he focuses again. It's not about him, or even Miles. Not right now.
I'm glad you feel that way, because I've just taken him as a liege-sworn, and secured his oath not to attack anyone. Yes, unbreakable. So we're quite stuck with him. Gregor sounds remarkably cheerful about that, even smug.
It fades to seriousness as he gently shuffles his newest subject's presence forward, clearing the murky obscurity between the two of them and letting their feelings go both ways, just faintly, just in traces, but enough to feel each other undeniably.
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I'm glad you feel that way, because I've just taken him as a liege-sworn, and secured his oath not to attack anyone. Yes, unbreakable. So we're quite stuck with him. Gregor sounds remarkably cheerful about that, even smug.
It fades to seriousness as he gently shuffles his newest subject's presence forward, clearing the murky obscurity between the two of them and letting their feelings go both ways, just faintly, just in traces, but enough to feel each other undeniably.
You should ask him yourself.]