Damen snorted lightly, enjoying the volley. "If only I'd had a double-sized harp commissioned earlier, I could have been a concert harpist by now. Oh, the years I have wasted."
His paws trod softly across the carpet of the hall that led to the gallery. He strolled with more ease himself, feeling as though Laurent was not dying to run away from him at the first opportunity. Damen turned them towards the open staircase at the end of the hall and began to climb. It gave him something to do while he considered how to answer that question.
"I've lived here for...many years," he said at last. "When there was no place for me anymore in the company I grew up in. Now, I cannot leave. It's a better life than I would have among men." Damen grimaced. "I've never liked the tale of Theseus. I always felt sorry for the Minotaur." And his own fate would no doubt be similar if he could go among men.
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His paws trod softly across the carpet of the hall that led to the gallery. He strolled with more ease himself, feeling as though Laurent was not dying to run away from him at the first opportunity. Damen turned them towards the open staircase at the end of the hall and began to climb. It gave him something to do while he considered how to answer that question.
"I've lived here for...many years," he said at last. "When there was no place for me anymore in the company I grew up in. Now, I cannot leave. It's a better life than I would have among men." Damen grimaced. "I've never liked the tale of Theseus. I always felt sorry for the Minotaur." And his own fate would no doubt be similar if he could go among men.