Would be a pretty shitty partnership if you didn't.
[ Of course by now he knows the gist of what Fenris has dealt with at home, has worked as best he can to unravel the Gordian knots tied up inside Fenris's head to get him thinking as a person instead of a slave. Has hit the brakes more than once rather than let passion ride to allow Fenris the time and space to get his bearings back.
But Rafe banks more on himself. He's never dealt in lies past artful omission because he's never seen the point and that's still true in Ryslig. He builds himself the best he's able, assumes that those around him will see the merit in what he says, in what he does, and will make their decisions on that. If they don't see, then that just means he has to continue at it until the facts are undeniable. ]
So now that that's settled, we can move onto the details. [ Now he sits back in his chair, one leg crossing over the other. ] First off, this alliance? Does not get discussed outside these four walls. Not even on the network. I'm not expecting us to be able to keep this quiet forever but we can hold off a while if we're careful.
cw: mentions of sex, slavery, implied abuse
[ Of course by now he knows the gist of what Fenris has dealt with at home, has worked as best he can to unravel the Gordian knots tied up inside Fenris's head to get him thinking as a person instead of a slave. Has hit the brakes more than once rather than let passion ride to allow Fenris the time and space to get his bearings back.
But Rafe banks more on himself. He's never dealt in lies past artful omission because he's never seen the point and that's still true in Ryslig. He builds himself the best he's able, assumes that those around him will see the merit in what he says, in what he does, and will make their decisions on that. If they don't see, then that just means he has to continue at it until the facts are undeniable. ]
So now that that's settled, we can move onto the details. [ Now he sits back in his chair, one leg crossing over the other. ] First off, this alliance? Does not get discussed outside these four walls. Not even on the network. I'm not expecting us to be able to keep this quiet forever but we can hold off a while if we're careful.