He works himself to the bone for clients who do not understand his value. He does his best to please everyone even though he knows that he doesn't have to. He always wants to see the best in people, despite the fact that he of all people has all the reason to distrust them and keep them at arms' length. He has experienced setbacks and has lost in a way few others can claim, but none of those instances have broken him. And even though he knows better than most about the worst of people, still makes the conscious choice to believe in them regardless.
[Kaveh burns and burns and burns—and continues to burn, to the point where he uses himself as kindling. It is as terrible as it is brilliant, and Alhaitham wants nothing more than to find a way for Kaveh to continue to shine without sacrificing himself in the process.
He glances back to Dehya then, and this time his gaze is steady and unwavering as he continues to speak.]
People only see him as one or the other—that he is kind, or that he is the genius who built the Palace of Alcazarzaray—but none of them ever see the cost and sacrifice that goes behind them because Kaveh never talks about it. They say he is gentle, but the truth is that he is the fiercest person you'll ever meet. They call him a genius, but they do not see the countless sleepless nights where he pours all of his heart and soul into every single thing that he creates, even the ones where he does not ask for a single Mora. Even if impulsive, everything that he chooses to do has ultimately been a deliberate choice, and he doesn't let himself give up halfway even when it is the wiser option.
He is everything that I am not—a perfect mirror to my own existence. He has shown me the half of the world I would have never touched upon otherwise, and I can recognize that my life is ultimately made better because of it, even with the troubles that it brings. I would be half the person I am now if it were not for him.
[Once the words come they'd really just come out without any real pause, honestly. Talking about Kaveh has never been especially hard, per se, but to voice it all out like this is... different, and this time he can't even say its from the effects of Norhpip.]
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He works himself to the bone for clients who do not understand his value. He does his best to please everyone even though he knows that he doesn't have to. He always wants to see the best in people, despite the fact that he of all people has all the reason to distrust them and keep them at arms' length. He has experienced setbacks and has lost in a way few others can claim, but none of those instances have broken him. And even though he knows better than most about the worst of people, still makes the conscious choice to believe in them regardless.
[Kaveh burns and burns and burns—and continues to burn, to the point where he uses himself as kindling. It is as terrible as it is brilliant, and Alhaitham wants nothing more than to find a way for Kaveh to continue to shine without sacrificing himself in the process.
He glances back to Dehya then, and this time his gaze is steady and unwavering as he continues to speak.]
People only see him as one or the other—that he is kind, or that he is the genius who built the Palace of Alcazarzaray—but none of them ever see the cost and sacrifice that goes behind them because Kaveh never talks about it. They say he is gentle, but the truth is that he is the fiercest person you'll ever meet. They call him a genius, but they do not see the countless sleepless nights where he pours all of his heart and soul into every single thing that he creates, even the ones where he does not ask for a single Mora. Even if impulsive, everything that he chooses to do has ultimately been a deliberate choice, and he doesn't let himself give up halfway even when it is the wiser option.
He is everything that I am not—a perfect mirror to my own existence. He has shown me the half of the world I would have never touched upon otherwise, and I can recognize that my life is ultimately made better because of it, even with the troubles that it brings. I would be half the person I am now if it were not for him.
[Once the words come they'd really just come out without any real pause, honestly. Talking about Kaveh has never been especially hard, per se, but to voice it all out like this is... different, and this time he can't even say its from the effects of Norhpip.]