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Beka runs away from the snake thing this time but has only gotten out the first syllable of Serik's name before it closes in on her anyway.
serik's beka and some endarkened
in-kingly-guise
That - if - if this is really some all-powerful otherworldly human version of Sovarith, then maybe being human explains how he let go of his sense of right and wrong so easily, and that explains why he'd want to - and Sovarith still has his sense of right and wrong, he shouldn't regret hurting her, he knows he shouldn't, but he does, he knows it's wrong wrong wrong but he wishes he'd been merciful—
my-desires
That... is pretty much exactly what Serik's moral compass looked like back when he paid any attention to it. He has since stopped doing that, because his moral compass was very stupid and did him no good at all. It's kind of unnerving watching this otherworldly not-Serik have a crisis over it. But it is good that not-Serik now has the correct attitude toward having hurt Beka.
my-desires
Snuggle. Good. I love you.
He doesn't know what he'd do if his Beka got vanished off somewhere and when he caught up to her he found that she was not going to be okay. Well, probably he'd murder everyone responsible and then cry. But it would be just about the worst thing. His Beka is so important.
in-kingly-guise
Meanwhile, Sovarith isn't entirely sure he wouldn't rather have just stayed on fire. Is he really willing to throw over his entire way of life just because he tortured someone who turns out to have a nice smile?? (Yes.) What does that say about him?? (Nothing good, probably.) Aaaagh.
my-desires
I might! I'm not nearly as mad at this guy now that he gets the picture, but... it'd be nice to turn this place into somewhere you would've been safe landing on.
in-kingly-guise
"No? What, you have?"
The overlap between parenting techniques he is aware of and things he would be willing to do to his own child is pretty much nonexistent, but maybe it's different for humans. Probably it's different for humans.
