Old gods? ( he repeats, curiosity and interest alike piqued, wholly evident in his voice. it's not the overvoid and he doesn't think she's referring to any of the ennead, any of the egyptian gods and certainly not khonshu, but it doesn't stop him from wondering who, and it does mean he wonders how — why — it'd been decided his title, his being, was more that of a soldier than that of the outcast. even as a child, marc had struggled to find anywhere to call home. he recalled the helpless, hapless manner in which he'd caught his father looking at him when he'd thought marc wasn't paying attention.
it had been one thing to have the other kids at school jeer and taunt on the basis of faith, it had been entirely another thing to have his family pull him out of school and tell him he needed help they couldn't provide, that he'd need to go somewhere new, start afresh, because no-one knew how to deal with marc, marc-and-steven, or marc-and-steven-and-jake.
he comes to a stop when she does, and he shoves a hand in a pocket when she pulls her shawl about herself. his expression tightens when she suggests he might find someone familiar in the cities, says that he'd rather not. the majority of his enemies are dead — victims of his "more interesting" moments — whilst his friends are few and far between, and he wouldn't wish anything like this upon them. )
Nationality means jack. ( his best friend had been french, after all — and marc had only managed to push him away, as well. ) But I — hope not.
cw: allusions to mental illness
it had been one thing to have the other kids at school jeer and taunt on the basis of faith, it had been entirely another thing to have his family pull him out of school and tell him he needed help they couldn't provide, that he'd need to go somewhere new, start afresh, because no-one knew how to deal with marc, marc-and-steven, or marc-and-steven-and-jake.
he comes to a stop when she does, and he shoves a hand in a pocket when she pulls her shawl about herself. his expression tightens when she suggests he might find someone familiar in the cities, says that he'd rather not. the majority of his enemies are dead — victims of his "more interesting" moments — whilst his friends are few and far between, and he wouldn't wish anything like this upon them. )
Nationality means jack. ( his best friend had been french, after all — and marc had only managed to push him away, as well. ) But I — hope not.