Good. You protect your mate until it kills you, brother. That's the Nightbrother way.
[And for all of Maul having not being raised to adulthood in their society, he still considered his elder brother just as much a Nightbrother as he was. He still firmly believed that Maul would remain stoic and dedicated to a mate as expected, and also, he wanted his brother to continue to be happy and loved. It was as Maul deserved after such an isolated life of suffering and anger.
His eyes dropped away at the reality that he made his brother happy. It cut through some of his stubborn anger at being 'set up' as it were, and he suddenly shot an arm out to capture his brother to pull Maul in against his chest. It felt strange to hear those words from Maul despite having heard similar since he had arrived in Deerington.]
Thank you, brother. Don't forget that you were a very broken man when I found you again and you'd never known happiness for long.
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[And for all of Maul having not being raised to adulthood in their society, he still considered his elder brother just as much a Nightbrother as he was. He still firmly believed that Maul would remain stoic and dedicated to a mate as expected, and also, he wanted his brother to continue to be happy and loved. It was as Maul deserved after such an isolated life of suffering and anger.
His eyes dropped away at the reality that he made his brother happy. It cut through some of his stubborn anger at being 'set up' as it were, and he suddenly shot an arm out to capture his brother to pull Maul in against his chest. It felt strange to hear those words from Maul despite having heard similar since he had arrived in Deerington.]
Thank you, brother. Don't forget that you were a very broken man when I found you again and you'd never known happiness for long.