I do have a little brother at home, but familial caring feels different. I could not possibly explain it accurately, I think. I was always rather protective of Noah because our parents were... at best, neglectful. More to him than me.
[Unfortunately the only lie in there is that Noah is "his" brother. And also that he has a home. He does not have a home, and Noah wants to kill him. The "fondness" is more like "I look forward to us fighting about this when you grow up" which is definitely... not familial love. But, while he lived within the Ebalon household, he did his part as "Harque" to guard over Noah since his parents were That Way, and obviously he got touchy whenever someone tried to fuck with the kid since that was his little science experiment too.]
I suppose I had a somewhat-familial relationship with the Water Master, as the other Masters did, but that is more because Denif was an excellent caretaker and probably at least a thousand or so years older than me, being a dragon. It was nothing akin to a true feeling of family to be certain.
[Especially because he betrayed them.]
As for your last point, that... would be a more accurate term, I suppose, yes. I did not take it well and I recall walking out of the room feeling rather numb, as it were.
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I do have a little brother at home, but familial caring feels different. I could not possibly explain it accurately, I think. I was always rather protective of Noah because our parents were... at best, neglectful. More to him than me.
[Unfortunately the only lie in there is that Noah is "his" brother. And also that he has a home. He does not have a home, and Noah wants to kill him. The "fondness" is more like "I look forward to us fighting about this when you grow up" which is definitely... not familial love. But, while he lived within the Ebalon household, he did his part as "Harque" to guard over Noah since his parents were That Way, and obviously he got touchy whenever someone tried to fuck with the kid since that was his little science experiment too.]
I suppose I had a somewhat-familial relationship with the Water Master, as the other Masters did, but that is more because Denif was an excellent caretaker and probably at least a thousand or so years older than me, being a dragon. It was nothing akin to a true feeling of family to be certain.
[Especially because he betrayed them.]
As for your last point, that... would be a more accurate term, I suppose, yes. I did not take it well and I recall walking out of the room feeling rather numb, as it were.