👹 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃 @equilibrixm .
| This situation was.. unique, in many aspects. For one; Usan- no, ZED had been the one to request such a meeting. Secondly; It was for his student no less.. not Zed himself. It had taken a bit of convincing, both from Zed and a few tugs from Kennen to get him to agree, but agree he did. |
| The 'Shadow Assassin' as some called him now- was not a figure he particularly enjoyed looking at. A Spirit drowned in the shadows of Zed's order and his weapon, he had become as hollow to him as the Tears of Darkness- and just as much of a void to his spiritual sight.. merely seeing a black hole colored humanoid where Kayn stood. All this kept Shen on the defense, up- until the toddler came crawling up to his feet, even managing to get a grip on his boot and pull into a stand- of sorts. |
" ... . .. " Uncle? So this offspring was Kayn’s own, be it by blood or adoption.. he could see the child's spirit- and the marks it left behind on the world.. so it was not a being made from shadow at least or- had not embraced it to such an extent as Kayn. Simply crouching so that the child didnt hurt themselves climbing too high, glowing eyes met Kayn's own, as his tone was- as always, not that of Shen, but The Ever Neutral Eye of Twilight. " You are kin, I assume. "
𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍, finding all the presented awkwardness 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. he didn’t expect that from the Eye of Twilight, but surely from Shen himself. the fact that even Zed had to convince him to arrange the meeting only added to it. although there is & always will be resentment between the two of them & Shen, it doesn’t mean he’d cut him out of his family’s life. Zed too suggested this meeting.
𝐙𝐀𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 & 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍. 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. though, it will be forever bound with the place for being born there, Kayn wished for the child to not grow up without seeing the sun or the woods, without breathing vile air ; thus, the regular visits to Ionia. his chosen ⎯⎯⎯ Viktor ⎯⎯⎯ silently agreeing, wanting the same for his son. he wanted his child to be happy & trusted Kayn. the trips were regular, yet not lengthy. after all, parents’ company combined is what a child needs the most, especially at such young, young age.
𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐍, 𝐓𝐎𝐎, 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐖, even if technically the child would be his grandson. but, perhaps, suddenly dropping this sensation of being old enough to be a grandpa on Shen too soon would result in a rejection. from the sudden shock of being considered a family member, even if as the head of the opposed party in Ionia.
𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐋𝐘, blackened & clawed finger cooing Fiodor who upon being picked up, started to wiggle in the ninja’s grasp. “ it’s alright, my Heart. i’m here. you’re not in danger. ” even if the visibly demonic claws are clearly dangerous, they played very gently with child’s little, delicate hand. not even leaving a scratch. while doing so, the sleeve of the black kimono slipped & uncovered tattoos occupying almost all of his arm-flesh.