Albiorix settled back into the uncomfortably small wooden chair, his eyes looking down at the simple ring as he listened quietly to Hawke speak. Only half paying attention to him now, though he was trying, the lure of the ring had more of a grip on him than he liked. Soft comforting whispers drifting across his skin, inviting him to place the ring upon his hand. Suddenly putting the ring down on the chest beside him, immediately feeling the fog that had formed around his mind fading, now hearing the man more clearly once more.<br/><br/>"<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">You think that posting her face everywhere will do anything? If I thought the ministry could actually defeat or put away my step mother I would have leaked her information <i>years</i> ago. Sadly, sending Auror's after her will just give her more thing to play with. Do as you wish, but know you'd only be satisfying her further.</span>" He crossed his arms, keeping his eyes on Hawke despite the pull the ring still had on him. But as the Auror began to go on the defense about his darling brother Albi all but forgot the ring, grinning a bit smugly.<br/><br/>"<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">Oh yes, it is ironic that your situation with my mother, and my situation with these new dark followers is very similar. It is as if the link itself is trying to unite us even further. But, believe me, as long as you don't get in my way,<i> I </i>will not a single hair will be harmed on little Theo's head.</span>" '<i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">Not by me, at least.</span></i>' Albiorix thought pleasantly, making sure he didn't feel Hawke's presence before thinking on the enchantment he had placed on the boy in case of emergency. Half of Albi hoped that Hawke would turn on him just so he could release that little ticking time bomb that was now his brother.<br/><br/>But that thought actually frightened him, pushing it from his mind as he sat up a bit more. realizing it was this plotting that was turning him into no other than his step mother. His eyes looking back towards the ring with a sickening expression. distracted for a moment he didn't even offer a witty remark back at the Auror as he described how he wanted to be the one to take Albiorix in.<br/><br/>It wasn't until Hawke mentioned the ring that he realized he was still even talking. Albiorix's eyes moving back up to meet the man as he debated divulging the rings purpose. Pausing for a moment as he sighed, speaking finally, "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">No point in trying to hide it, you'll figure out eventually, stupid link.</span>" He half muttered under his breath. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">It was a ring given to me by someone I was close to, but mother, stole it. She <i>perverted</i> it into a.. weapon of sorts. A means of controlling me in a sense, through manipulation if you will, not actual mind control.</span>" His eyes slowly looking back to the ring once more, watching as the fire nearby reflected in its glossy black stones, for a moment Albi saw a figure dancing within the flames. Blinked, and it was gone.<br/><br/>Continuing, "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">So you can see why I wanted to get it as far from possible from my mother as possible. Now she is helpless and without her guidance, the ring is powerless against me." He lied, in part. "I'll find a way to destroy it, but knowing mother she probably has protected with all kinds of lovely enchantments. No matter.</span>" He shrugged, lifting the ring again once more. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">One I can already feel, she's... made it so that when I hold it I desire to protect it, instead of destroy it. A tricky spell but, novice in nature.</span>" He pushed the ring back down, as if indecisive about what he shoudl do with it now. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">But it's best for you too that it be gone. I know very well that she thinks you are my lover.</span>" He said with a hint of disgust at the end. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">And she intended to use you in addition to the ring to control me. That's why she was so interested in you, she needs someone that I love or feel anything towards. Sadly for her, there is no one alive that meets that description.</span>" Albiorix said confidently, but something inside him, felt less cherry about that. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#a64dff">But even if you don't fit that description, by the time she figured that out, it would have been too late for you.</span>"