Well, I know Felix is prickly, and I don't know how well you know Sylvain, so I can get being more nervous to talk to them about it...but since you know that people from our world don't even know what lycanthropy is, much less have any prejudices about it, are you really risking anything by telling them? You certainly won't get negative reactions from them. And I know it might be nerve-wracking entrusting people you don't know too well with a secret, but regardless of how they feel about you - Dimitri is their best friend, and king. If he wants them to keep your secrets on your behalf - which he absolutely would - your secrets are as good as taken to the grave with them.
Granted, I know that keeping secrets for your own protection isn't all just logic and risk calculation. Some part of it is always going to be paranoia. So I don't know how much me telling you facts is going to make you comfortable with the idea, necessarily.
So you've done a 180 on your feelings about your condition, huh? It's interesting how that happens sometimes. You start out believing one thing, and then your perspective shifts and you end up on the exact opposite side of a debate from where you were.
...huh. This is an incredibly stupid and minor thing that my brain's been fixating on, but I'd been thinking about how it must suck not being able to bite anyone in shall we say intimate situations, and it just occurred to me that you probably can now. As long as it's not one of the weird weekends, anyway. Granted, after a lifetime of being paranoid about biting people, maybe you wouldn't even be able to bring yourself to even when you know it's safe...sorry, dumb random tangent and probably the shallowest possible consideration in regards to your condition, I know. It was just something I was thinking about in the back of my head.
[Specifically, Claude had seen it as the biggest personal drawback of Grant's condition. (Which is to say, not counting any societally based prejudices.) Turning into a dog creature one night a month? Not so bad, can definitely be worked around. Having heightened senses and physical abilities? Technically a benefit! Unusual physical features? Claude's already observed he thinks the ones Grant has work in his favor. Mood swings? Grant seems to have himself well under control. But not being able to bite people, even in situations where biting people might be encouraged...that sounds annoyingly non-negotiable. Except here, it is!
Then Claude remembers the person Grant is most likely to bite is Dimitri, and the sick feelings come rushing back. Still no concern over Grant's being a werewolf - it's all about Grant being the one Dimitri wants, when Claude had half hoped maybe Dimitri wanted him. Which is stupid and selfish, since he knows he can't have Dimitri anyway, so what would he have gained even if that were true? But fear isn't the only thing that makes the heart illogical.]
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Date: 2021-01-03 10:01 am (UTC)Granted, I know that keeping secrets for your own protection isn't all just logic and risk calculation. Some part of it is always going to be paranoia. So I don't know how much me telling you facts is going to make you comfortable with the idea, necessarily.
So you've done a 180 on your feelings about your condition, huh? It's interesting how that happens sometimes. You start out believing one thing, and then your perspective shifts and you end up on the exact opposite side of a debate from where you were.
...huh. This is an incredibly stupid and minor thing that my brain's been fixating on, but I'd been thinking about how it must suck not being able to bite anyone in shall we say intimate situations, and it just occurred to me that you probably can now. As long as it's not one of the weird weekends, anyway. Granted, after a lifetime of being paranoid about biting people, maybe you wouldn't even be able to bring yourself to even when you know it's safe...sorry, dumb random tangent and probably the shallowest possible consideration in regards to your condition, I know. It was just something I was thinking about in the back of my head.
[Specifically, Claude had seen it as the biggest personal drawback of Grant's condition. (Which is to say, not counting any societally based prejudices.) Turning into a dog creature one night a month? Not so bad, can definitely be worked around. Having heightened senses and physical abilities? Technically a benefit! Unusual physical features? Claude's already observed he thinks the ones Grant has work in his favor. Mood swings? Grant seems to have himself well under control. But not being able to bite people, even in situations where biting people might be encouraged...that sounds annoyingly non-negotiable. Except here, it is!
Then Claude remembers the person Grant is most likely to bite is Dimitri, and the sick feelings come rushing back. Still no concern over Grant's being a werewolf - it's all about Grant being the one Dimitri wants, when Claude had half hoped maybe Dimitri wanted him.
Which is stupid and selfish, since he knows he can't have Dimitri anyway, so what would he have gained even if that were true? But fear isn't the only thing that makes the heart illogical.]