Daan holds the box uneasily in his hands, and he looks down at it. Why'd it have to turn out like this? It'd be real nice if the door just opened after that, but... no. Even then, he does on some level believe in an equal exchange. Despite everything, that's how he was taught.]
We both have been, yes.
...My wife, Elise. I met her not long after her father, Baron von Dutch, took me under his wing. I was at first employed as their butler, taken off the streets. He promised to teach me medicine. When I first saw her, I was convinced I'd never seen anyone more beautiful.
She could've been a doctor too if she wanted, I think. She was intelligent, not shy about her opinions. [Despite himself, his lips twitch, almost smiling.] Stubborn. Elise would spend her time sewing. Clothes, dolls, pretty much anything...
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Daan holds the box uneasily in his hands, and he looks down at it. Why'd it have to turn out like this? It'd be real nice if the door just opened after that, but... no. Even then, he does on some level believe in an equal exchange. Despite everything, that's how he was taught.]
We both have been, yes.
...My wife, Elise. I met her not long after her father, Baron von Dutch, took me under his wing. I was at first employed as their butler, taken off the streets. He promised to teach me medicine. When I first saw her, I was convinced I'd never seen anyone more beautiful.
She could've been a doctor too if she wanted, I think. She was intelligent, not shy about her opinions. [Despite himself, his lips twitch, almost smiling.] Stubborn. Elise would spend her time sewing. Clothes, dolls, pretty much anything...