Reminiscing

Azure · 11-07-2023, 01:54 AM

Azure's frustration peaked, his thoughts a whirlwind of incredulity and ire. How could Basilisk, his own flesh and blood, be so blind to the line that he had crossed? The very idea of retreat was abhorrent to Azure; his towering pride left no room for such weakness. Stand down? Never; no matter how much he might want to. Not while his son's defiance remained, poking and prodding at his very essence. With every word, every insolent gesture that Basilisk dared to display, he only solidified Azure's resolve. There would be no yielding, no surrender. Azure's authority was absolute, and now he would be forced to reaffirm it with tooth and claw.

His anger erupted, voice raw as he confronted his son with a torrent of unfiltered truths. "A coward?" Azure's offended roar was thunderous, a primal sound of fury and pain intermingled. "You stand there judging me, ignorant of the sacrifices I've made. Allow me to educate you."

As Basilisk launched forward, Azure sidestepped with a warrior's grace. His massive frame was still agile, battle-hardened muscles responding with instinctive precision. There was more his son needed to know and understand. It was the closest Azure could come to anything resembling an apology; an explanation.

"My ambition," He growled, his body hunkering low as he began to prowl in a calculated circle around his son, each step measured and deliberate. "morphed into something greater a long time ago. If power was my sole desire, I would've challenged your grandfather, claimed his title instead of the consolation prize of Champion."

With a swift motion, Azure lashed out, his powerful claws slicing through the air where Basilisk had been moments before. It was a warning, a display of the deadly force he wielded. "And when I finally held the crown? Did I cling to it with desperation, beg my father to retire? No, you stupid pup I relinquished it." He gave a bark of a laugh, but where there should have been humor instead was contempt - a sardonic chuckle that seemed to say, "You fool," without uttering a word.

A fleeting emotion passed over Azure's face, swiftly masked by a fierce snarl. "And if all I craved was ambition, Venom's offer would've been irresistible," Azure's chest rose and fell with what might have been a sigh. "She was my first love, not your mother. And she wanted me as her Emperor." No, not wanted. Needed, Venom had said. "I still remember the way she felt beneath me. The vulnerability in her eyes, the skip of her pulse as my fangs brushed past her ear." The fur along his spine felt a shudder and Azure laughed once more - feeling the weight of this secret crumble from his shoulders. This was information that he had not told a soul, and sharing it now was catharsis. Yes, son, I pinned our Empress to the ground of her den, and her body quickened in reply. She was ready to give herself to me and in turn to give me the world. And fuck, I wanted it." His tone carried a quality of manic desperation that did not reach his eyes - there in his gaze was only pain.

"But claiming that throne meant betraying everything else - abandoning the Armada, forsaking your mother, and breaking the pledge I had made to see her set free." Azure's voice broke, his muzzle wrinkling in disgust and self-loathing. "Hana was so much more than a slave. I saw her strength where no one else did, but in choosing her I lost my Empress. Everything changed."

With renewed conviction he shot forward once more, aiming his jaws in a swift lunge for his boy's cheek, but primed to recoil away from his son's retaliation should his bite miss.

"Speech"

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