neo the baby slayer. (phonomania) wrote in nevermore_logs, |
The younger man tongued the back of his teeth, taking in all of the details of this man he never had the chance to know. All his father had been was a tale, a story of triumph, of all that he'd accomplished-- but Neoptolemus didn't know him at all. The only pieces he'd had of this man was the blood running through his veins, and the armor he'd once donned.
Achilles might as well have been a stranger to him after all.
"Does the truth hurt, father?" A step forward was taken, until only a few inches remained between them, the pair a statue in the midst of a throng of moving people. "You were never a part of my life, except from when you gave it to me. Why should I give respect to someone who was never there?"
Why give respect at all to anyone?