Ω - 002 - Peylix the Annoyingly Curious

[rass_bestie]

How is it you wardens come across the Admiral? Was he simply there at your time of need? Did you somehow summon him? Did he place a classified in your local newspaper?

I am curious.

Comments

[young_idealist]

He came and spoke to me. I don't remember very many details.

[rass_bestie]

I'm not hoping for a description of him, more your state of mind, how he might have known to come, I realise that might seem... personal, but I don't wish to discover the details of your life, more what might cause him to appear to you and not to others, for example.

[young_idealist]

I was recently married, which is not a problem by itself for I love my wife, but carrying a heavy burden of guilt in my heart. Instead of urging me to better myself to rise above it, it tainted every joy I might have felt. I was in moral despair.

[rass_bestie]

Yes, I do understand that, very well. I hadn't reached marriage, but apart from that... it was a time of vulnerability rather than an option you exercised when the time was right.

[young_idealist]

You could say that. I might have accepted any offer for the reward of eventually getting my self-respect back.

[rass_bestie]

... In the end, the only one in control of your self respect is yourself. Have you found success here?

[young_idealist]

I knew that even then, monsieur, but I needed a time away from the man whom I had wronged. Until I get my license to practice law or can return to France without a death sentence hanging over my head, I am completely dependent upon my brother-in-law (my sister's husband).

[rass_bestie]

Being dependent is difficult.

[young_idealist]

Exceedingly.