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Β Β Β billΒ skarsgΓ₯rd.Β Β theΒ originals.Β Β cismale.Β Β he / him.Β wellΒ hello,Β welcomeΒ toΒ theΒ goodΒ place,Β NIKLAUSΒ MIKAELSON.Β inΒ yourΒ file,Β itΒ saysΒ thatΒ youΒ areΒ TWENTY - EIGHTΒ /Β AΒ THOUSANDΒ andΒ onΒ earthΒ soΒ manyΒ peopleΒ saidΒ youΒ wereΒ SANCTIMONIOUSΒ &Β CAPRICIOUS.Β luckyΒ forΒ you,Β weΒ haveΒ ourΒ own systemΒ aroundΒ here,Β meaningΒ thatΒ weΒ areΒ wellΒ awareΒ thatΒ youΒ areΒ INCISIVEΒ &Β JUDICIOUS,Β soΒ thereΒ isΒ noΒ needΒ toΒ worry.Β hey,Β hasΒ anyoneΒ everΒ toldΒ youΒ thatΒ youΒ giveΒ offΒ aΒ AΒ NEARΒ PARASITICΒ NEEDΒ FORΒ CATHARSIS,Β DOUBLEΒ FACESΒ OFΒ LOYALTYΒ ANDΒ SERVITUDE,Β THEΒ DEADLYΒ ROUTINEΒ OFΒ LOVELESSNESSΒ typeΒ ofΒ vibeΒ Β ?Β Β anyways,Β weΒ betterΒ hurry,Β donβtΒ wantΒ toΒ beΒ lateΒ Β !
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hisΒ birthΒ wasΒ rheumaticΒ inΒ anΒ otherwiseΒ deadenedΒ night,Β hallowedΒ andΒ hollowedΒ outΒ byΒ sleetΒ andΒ hailΒ soΒ doggedΒ andΒ insistentΒ itΒ hadΒ bittenΒ throughΒ theΒ scaffolding,Β sluicedΒ throughΒ theΒ moth - eatenΒ curtains.Β hisΒ fatherΒ hadΒ lookedΒ uponΒ theΒ newborn,Β swaddledΒ inΒ inchesΒ ofΒ whatΒ tenuousΒ comfortΒ theyΒ hadΒ hadΒ leftΒ andΒ hisΒ wife,Β waningΒ inΒ theΒ wakeΒ ofΒ labourΒ beforeΒ turningΒ away.Β andΒ itΒ wasΒ fromΒ thatΒ exactΒ atrophyΒ ofΒ nature,Β thatΒ dichotomyΒ ofΒ theΒ visceralΒ heatΒ fromΒ whichΒ niklausΒ cameΒ andΒ theΒ snowΒ billowingΒ inΒ swathesΒ ofΒ unforgivingΒ coldΒ outsideΒ thatΒ heΒ wasΒ raised,Β neitherΒ theΒ firstΒ inΒ line,Β norΒ theΒ last.Β niklaus.Β forΒ victory,Β hisΒ fatherΒ hadΒ declared,Β teethΒ baredΒ inΒ aΒ smile,Β theΒ wayΒ kingsΒ andΒ tyrantsΒ didΒ asΒ theyΒ presidedΒ overΒ theirΒ viciousΒ fortunes.Β victoryΒ overΒ aΒ kindΒ ofΒ violenceΒ thatΒ theΒ childΒ hadΒ notΒ evenΒ learntΒ aΒ nameΒ for.
afterΒ himΒ cameΒ kol,Β andΒ rebekah.Β forΒ darknessΒ andΒ light,Β castΒ inΒ equalΒ measure.Β niklausΒ temperedΒ andΒ nurturedΒ themΒ theΒ wayΒ elijah,Β freyaΒ andΒ finnΒ hadΒ doneΒ forΒ him.Β henrikΒ wasΒ theΒ very Β last,Β andΒ though Β notΒ oneΒ of Β them Β had Β expectedΒ him,Β heβdΒ threadedΒ himself throughΒ themΒ andΒ furnishedΒ theirΒ familyΒ withΒ aΒ loveΒ soΒ soundlessΒ andΒ unerringΒ thatΒ itβdΒ lentΒ themΒ aΒ decadeΒ ofΒ hiding.Β andΒ justΒ asΒ heβdΒ beenΒ thereΒ whenΒ henrikΒ wasΒ born,Β niklausΒ wasΒ thereΒ whenΒ henrikΒ slippedΒ likeΒ theΒ silkΒ ofΒ sunlightΒ betweenΒ theirΒ fingers,Β turnedΒ fodderΒ forΒ theΒ wolvesΒ andΒ theΒ curseΒ heΒ andΒ hisΒ siblingsΒ wouldΒ devoteΒ anΒ eternityΒ toΒ runningΒ from.Β henrikΒ isΒ forΒ firstΒ heartbreak,Β andΒ theΒ nameΒ forΒ theΒ kindΒ ofΒ violenceΒ heβdΒ goΒ onΒ toΒ endure.
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immortalΒ Β isΒ synonymousΒ withΒ god - subtractedΒ divinity,Β Β aΒ conflationΒ ofΒ monsterΒ andΒ unbearableΒ truthΒ andΒ hisΒ motherβsΒ lapseΒ inΒ faithfulnessΒ Β --Β Β notΒ evenΒ hisΒ fatherβsΒ son.Β mikaelΒ huntsΒ hisΒ childrenΒ acrossΒ theΒ straitΒ ofΒ dissonantΒ centuries,Β andΒ Β βΒ alwaysΒ andΒ foreverΒ βΒ Β becomesΒ ritualisticΒ asΒ theirΒ murmurΒ ofΒ aΒ prayerΒ thatΒ foreverΒ isnβtΒ severed.Β theΒ dayΒ niklausΒ dies,Β heΒ isΒ bolsteredΒ byΒ hisΒ siblingsΒ Β :Β Β rebekahΒ onΒ oneΒ side,Β elijahΒ onΒ theΒ other.Β afterΒ aΒ thousandΒ years,Β stillΒ rivetedΒ byΒ theirΒ faithΒ inΒ him.Β noΒ moreΒ running.Β whenΒ mikaelΒ comesΒ withΒ theΒ white - oakΒ stake,Β niklausΒ leadsΒ himΒ homeΒ toΒ theΒ littleΒ hutΒ thatΒ straddlesΒ theΒ vergeΒ ofΒ theirΒ oldΒ villageΒ andΒ theΒ coldestΒ nightΒ thatΒ hadΒ givenΒ himΒ hisΒ firstΒ breath.Β exceptΒ itΒ neverΒ comes.
doΒ youΒ rememberΒ howΒ youΒ diedΒ Β ?Β Β yes.Β iΒ stoppedΒ running.Β iΒ hadΒ to.Β why,Β exactly,Β iΒ canβtΒ seemΒ toΒ recall.Β Β doΒ youΒ haveΒ aΒ favouriteΒ memoryΒ Β ?Β Β leastΒ favouriteΒ Β ?Β Β (Β silence.Β )Β Β whatΒ aboutΒ somethingΒ orΒ someoneΒ youΒ holdΒ dearΒ Β ?Β Β itΒ couldΒ beΒ anything.Β iΒ hadΒ aΒ daughter.Β iΒ remember.Β iΒ thinkΒ iΒ savedΒ her.Β andΒ Β ...Β Β sparring,Β withΒ myΒ siblings.Β iΒ mustΒ haveΒ lovedΒ them.Β and,Β inexplicably,Β iΒ rememberΒ dancing.Β anyoneΒ youβreΒ dreadingΒ orΒ yearningΒ toΒ seeΒ Β ?Β Β theseΒ paradoxes.Β yes,Β perhaps.Β iΒ haveΒ unfinishedΒ businessΒ withΒ myΒ father.Β andΒ ifΒ thisΒ isΒ theΒ afterlife,Β iΒ imagineΒ itβsΒ notΒ suchΒ aΒ featΒ toΒ imagineΒ iβllΒ haveΒ theΒ goodΒ fortuneΒ toΒ re - acquaintΒ myselfΒ withΒ someΒ poor,Β pestilentΒ foolΒ iΒ killedΒ andΒ earnedΒ theΒ ireΒ of.Β doΒ youΒ believeΒ youΒ deserveΒ toΒ beΒ hereΒ Β ?Β Β weβllΒ see,Β wonβtΒ weΒ Β ?Β Β iβdΒ likeΒ toΒ beΒ surprised.
