@pathowing : ❝ it’s safe here. ❞
‘ i’ll be the judge of that, ’ he says, blunt and suspicious, ill-intent writ upon his features as he surveys the church pews and the arched ceilings and the painted windows. the last and only time he was in a church, he’d slaughtered every member, kidnapped the priest and tortured the man for seven days and seven nights, before the man’s heart gave out and his hoarse and dying screams cut themselves off abruptly.
five had spent the weeks following the massacre, and some days still, with hatred and anger beating against his ribcage like a wild animal mad with the need to be free. he’d wished fervently that he had more time, that the punishment he’d rained down upon the lying priest and his mad cult of worshipers was proportionate with the crimes they’ve committed. even as he knew within himself that no punishment would’ve been enough, that he’d have doled out suffering upon these monsters for years and years and still not been satisfied.
in all fairness, statistically speaking, not all churches held metahuman girls in bunkers, branded them the antichrist, and tortured them for years before trying to kill them. so, statistically speaking, it could be said, with complete truth, that this place was safe.
his eyes flicker back towards the speaker, intent gaze taking in the shape of her wings, then moving up and settling squarely upon her face. directly, he asks, ‘ do you feel safe here? is this place safe for people like you? ’ he nods towards her wings, and steps forward, ‘ is this God of theirs so accepting of the strange and the unnatural? ’