[And though he's half-jesting, he's also half-telling the truth. He fights the Unseelie; he fights the Seelie. He fights the world; he fights himself. He fights everyone he can for everything he can, to reclaim the crown so rightfully his. He fights because he must and he fights because he wants to. Gilgamesh will always fight, and has since the moment of his birth.
Gilgamesh nudges the door to his room open with the brunt of his shoulder—regal chambers well-suited to him, draped in red and gold and scented strongly with wine and women—and just falls onto the great bed with Enkidu in tow. He loosens his braid and lets golden hair scatter about them both, wraps arms around him and draws him close, nose-to-nose. They will lay like this for hours and it will still not be enough. An eternity is not enough to make up for what has been lost.
He'll give a better answer, in the privacy of this shared space, on a whisper meant only for Enkidu's ears.]
There's war waging. A war we are to fight in. For glory, for victory, for the end of the world itself. And it shall be another grand adventure.
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[And though he's half-jesting, he's also half-telling the truth. He fights the Unseelie; he fights the Seelie. He fights the world; he fights himself. He fights everyone he can for everything he can, to reclaim the crown so rightfully his. He fights because he must and he fights because he wants to. Gilgamesh will always fight, and has since the moment of his birth.
Gilgamesh nudges the door to his room open with the brunt of his shoulder—regal chambers well-suited to him, draped in red and gold and scented strongly with wine and women—and just falls onto the great bed with Enkidu in tow. He loosens his braid and lets golden hair scatter about them both, wraps arms around him and draws him close, nose-to-nose. They will lay like this for hours and it will still not be enough. An eternity is not enough to make up for what has been lost.
He'll give a better answer, in the privacy of this shared space, on a whisper meant only for Enkidu's ears.]
There's war waging. A war we are to fight in. For glory, for victory, for the end of the world itself. And it shall be another grand adventure.