by VeryDengar » Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:37 am
"I happen to be very special," Adrian said, allowing his eyelids to flutter at the touch as though he enjoyed it. "I chose long ago not to live as a monster, but as a very advanced and functioning member of society. I am a highly accomplished lawyer with advanced degrees from several universities. I'm a master of six... no, seven languages now, and at least three forms of martial arts. I play the violin, piano, harp, and trumpet with skill and am working on others. Oh, and, unlike most monsters, I have a sense of gratitude and preservation of those who help me. But I suppose you're asking why I spared that girl in my frenzy..." he mused, brushing his own fingers idly across Riley's cheekbone. "Because I saw her, and my stomach turned so horribly at realizing everything here was exactly the same at last time that I had to use my last scrap of consciousness to run. I had never wanted to come back here... and everything being the same again... now that was something that really truly made me want to be sick."