[The cat settles onto his side, stretched out, tail twitching contentedly while Mello rubs his ears.]
Obviously, this program had a period of refinement. I was from the fourth generation of potential successors at this institution, but the first class had some fairly spectacular disasters - one boy cracked under the pressure and committed suicide, and the second became a serial murderer.
[He also happens to be in Hadriel right now, but that's something Mello will keep to himself for the moment. Beyond's story is of personal significance to Mello and helped shaped the path he took over the five years before he was brought to Hadriel, and he may yet discuss it with Lance, if the conversations turns toward it, but it's not an immediately salient detail.]
But I did well in this program, though I wasn't the best. [His expression hardens slightly at the admission. He's had more than a year away from his world and even reached a kind of resolution in forging an alliance with Near, while he was here, but the feeling that he will never quite be good enough is a persistent sting, woven into the very fabric of his being.] There was another boy called Near, and I always came second to him, no matter how hard I worked and studied. At any rate, Near and I were said to have come the closest to following in L's footsteps - Near more so than me, I think.
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Obviously, this program had a period of refinement. I was from the fourth generation of potential successors at this institution, but the first class had some fairly spectacular disasters - one boy cracked under the pressure and committed suicide, and the second became a serial murderer.
[He also happens to be in Hadriel right now, but that's something Mello will keep to himself for the moment. Beyond's story is of personal significance to Mello and helped shaped the path he took over the five years before he was brought to Hadriel, and he may yet discuss it with Lance, if the conversations turns toward it, but it's not an immediately salient detail.]
But I did well in this program, though I wasn't the best. [His expression hardens slightly at the admission. He's had more than a year away from his world and even reached a kind of resolution in forging an alliance with Near, while he was here, but the feeling that he will never quite be good enough is a persistent sting, woven into the very fabric of his being.] There was another boy called Near, and I always came second to him, no matter how hard I worked and studied. At any rate, Near and I were said to have come the closest to following in L's footsteps - Near more so than me, I think.