Kintsugi

[Nox]

Nox noticed that the people offered little. But Ezekiel promised they'd spread the word. His presence only making things worse. Seemed to be the call to his current life. The mask slipped a little as they moved through the crowd. It wasn't their distrust, that he was used to. He was used to being an outsider. It is after all what he was in everything he did in life. The fact that he'd decided to grow roots at all made him a bit distrustful of his own feelings.

The question made Nox laugh out loud, scaring a nearby eavesdropper who thought they were sneaky but weren't really. "You do what I do long enough, and you either become a monster, or you end up dead. Since I'm not dead, you can infer where I'm headed." Nox sighed. He'd have flipped a flame into his palm if he'd been someplace else -- someplace where he hadn't scared a bunch of people by burning them out of their homes. "Twice now, I've chosen my life above the code. I'm not a danger -- at least not while I'm in control. Who the fuck knows what will make me lose it though." It was moments like these when Nox though sometimes it would have been better to not make it out of it alive. "Not looking for pity or sympathy though it sounds like I'm fishing for it. Just stating a fact that fucks up my life more times than I can count."

Nox nodded towards the distance of the crowd. "I can leave if it would make asking around easier. Wait outside."