<div class="floatleft">(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dtm-Y4_VAAEYBWN.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Brion Markov||Geoforce (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=309416.msg15029427#msg15029427)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As picture<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>Saturday, August 22nd 2020<br/><strong>TIME:</strong>Some godawful time in the morning<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Brion and Helena’s shared room<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Date plans!<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Helena; Closed<br/><br/><hr/><br/>“Ah yes, the old-world view of cooking. Funny thing is most head chefs in palaces and restaurants are males, so it’s always struck me as an odd to have such a mentality.” He snorts at that. "<strong>I came up with the same exact argument." he says. "Pointing to the male chef we had in the palace. They were stumped for a bit until one declared that ..</strong>' he shifts into a Romanian accent. "<strong>Of course when we are talking about five star Chef' that would take a special kind of man. that is different its a professional thing with someone clearly gifted.</strong>" He drops the accent with pretty much the look of doubt on his face that he had then.<br/><br/>He listens to her explanation of the show munching a bit as she steals the shrimp. It was hard to 'steal' something he made especially for her but she managed to do that and look like the cat that caught the canary. He rubbed his foot against her pretty little one, he was a sucker for touch and was going to enjoy as much as he could with her.<br/><br/>“I’m sorry if I keep bringing up your family and everything. I’m realizing all I know about your past is you volunteered for your powers to sacrifice yourself and it pretty much blew up in your face. I don’t remember you mentioning a sister, but it must be so hard to be away from everyone.” Brion shakes his head. "<strong>Admittedly I'm a bit of a private person but you and I should have no secrets. We should be able to share our fears or pain with each other. There are things that I won't be able to fix for you but you don't have to go through it alone or without some kind of person to lean on.</strong>" he answers the first part of her question.<br/><br/>"<strong>Tara...was a tragedy.</strong>" he starts off almost quietly. She can feel the long held in sadness. "<strong>Someone once told me that the Markovs are a great and worthy lineage with a number of unworthy members. My uncle and Tara fit that mold. She got her powers first, then faked her death and became a mercenary. I was beside myself in grief for years, blaming myself...but she didn't want to live a life in service to her country. She wanted to use her powers to make money and hurt people. It took me a long time to come to the realization that the world was a better place without her. She manipulated me mercilessly and I fell for it every time. Still, I remember the sweet little girl she was and wondered where I failed her.</strong>" he shares his pain about Terra. "<strong>It is difficult now. After my parents were murdered by my uncle it was only Gregor and I. We meet maybe once a year...or eight months depending on if there is a crisis somewhere and he has to travel. I'd like you to meet him next time he contacts me.</strong>"<br/><br/>“But we don’t have to talk about our pasts if we don’t want to. I know mine is....dark and terrible. Feel like it’s the tribulation one has to go through in order to become a savior of Justice. Maybe that’s why Batman took people like us in. He sees his past in us and hopes to bend our futures?” He shakes his head again. "<strong>No, it may be dark and terrible but it is yours and its mine as well. It helped mold you. I won't shy away from something because it isn't fun or pleasant.</strong>" somehow while he was answering she moved his arm a little and then they were perfectly cuddled.<br/><br/>There was no way his body wasn't going to react to having her curves pressed up against him like this. Well he did make no secret about the way he felt about her. She would just have to deal with his state, not that she was some shy wallflower.<br/><br/>“Do you regret it?” She asked softly before elaborating exactly what she was asking him. “Do you regret being given your powers?” He shakes his head. "<strong>I didn't like the circumstances that forced me to accept the risk of gaining them.</strong>" he admits. "But, they allow me to help people that I normally wouldn't have been able to." he says and thinks back. "<strong>When we first met I was angry and hurt from being exiled. Pissed off beyond all measure. I was pretty sure that Batman and Black Lightning chose wrong when they took me in and wanted to train me. I wanted to rage out but it would be rude to destroy the Batcave.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>I remember walking out in Gotham hoping to find someone to hit...to punish for my situation. I wanted to find a meta and do battle. I was feeling very reckless at that time.</strong>" he says. "<strong>Instead I came upon a burning building. It was old and I was going to walk away but then I saw her. She couldn't have been more than five. Little Chinese girl's face in the window. Eyes wide in terror, crying from the heat and smoke. I didn't think about it. It never occurred to me that my powers might be useful I didn't even try flying. I ran in the house, leaped up the stairs and found her.</strong>" he says remember Angie. "<strong>I scooped her up but she wouldn't let me leave. She had her cat who was hiding under the bed. She couldn't leave without him. She wasn't calling for herself. She didn't want him to die. He was a baby</strong>." He smiles and shakes his head. "<strong>I had to put her down and chase around the kitten while the building was on fire. Finally I just let her hold the kitten when I picked her up and I jumped out because the stairs had collapsed. Angie taught me what a hero is that day. I thought it was all grand gestures and smashing evil. She just wanted to save a kitten.</strong>"<br/><br/>He rubs her hip as he speaks because...come on he's still human. "<strong>How about you? You keep fighting the fight. You keep teaching children. What drives Helena? I get what drives the Huntress.</strong>"