[continuations with tiny!Charles]

[mind_over_metal]

[so short and tiny and cute etc.]

Comments

[mind_over_metal]

Exactly alike. Erik showed me.

[goddamnemperor]

On purpose?

[mind_over_metal]

...I asked him how tall I get.

[goddamnemperor]

I see.

[mind_over_metal]

Even if I'm not as tall as him, though, that's not too short. He's pretty tall.

[goddamnemperor]

Are you going to make it into a contest?

[mind_over_metal]

No, I just... wouldn't mind being a little bit taller.

It's so funny, though. Erik's from the same time that I am normally. We're about the same age.

[goddamnemperor]

[quiet]

It's fate, cruel or kind, it is fate.

[mind_over_metal]

*his racing mind and mouth and body finally taking a pause*

What do you mean?

[goddamnemperor]

Meaning it is not surprising that you are the same age.

[mind_over_metal]

I told him that I'd have to find him.

[goddamnemperor]

Who are you finding him for? For you or for his sake?

[mind_over_metal]

For me.

[goddamnemperor]

That is good enough.

[mind_over_metal]

You'd promised that you'd continue your story.

[goddamnemperor]

So I did. Where were we last?

[mind_over_metal]

*sitting himself in a nearby chair*

You and your sister had just escaped. But then you left.

[goddamnemperor]

[nods, his eyes glazing over slightly]

My sister thought me dead and went to find our killer. I went in search of the fabled city Jacurutu.

[mind_over_metal]

...she didn't know what you were doing?

[goddamnemperor]

I never told her.

[mind_over_metal]

*curious, not judging*

Why not?

[goddamnemperor]

I did not want her to choose. I did not want to see her make this choice. It was cowardice.

[mind_over_metal]

Would she have done it if you had told her?

[goddamnemperor]

She might have. She loved me dearly. But she might not. Her love did not extend so far.

[mind_over_metal]

Still, you were just protecting her.