“How touching.” Lichenflood's voice dripped with venomous sarcasm as he emerged from the shadows, shimmering with a hazy glow.
"If you are miserable here, it is because you deserve to be. You lived as nothing and you died as nothing. I may be more inclined to be sympathetic to the cause if not for your whining and your simpering." Honestly! It was quite grating on the ears. He wasn't sure how the others were stomaching it.
Lichenflood curled his lip as the tom prattled on.
"Everyone wants a family," he spat with a flash of his claws.
"Far fewer are willing to put in the effort to maintain one and I imagine you are among that group. You have done nothing of consequence. You are nothing special. You would find yourself hard-pressed to do the work required to keep a family, never mind start one."
Usually, Lichenflood might decide on the spot. Something compelled him to keep listening this time, even if his mind was already half-way made up.
“Explain to me what it is you are looking for, and why, and what you are willing to do to keep it alive. As it stands now, you are doing a horrific job of convincing me you are deserving of any sort of life - the one you have already lived was worthless and yet you have somehow found a way to make yourself worth less in your time here.”
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