Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-31049256-20180109050017/@comment-26288702-20180117195457

(Ibs) "Progress, is progress, doctor. Maybe his past actions are terrible, but last I checked, you gave sir Jaghund a second chance. The uncle of your children has spilled his fair share of blood. I'm not asking you or anyone to rush to my lord's defense or even consider him your friend. But please don't sit here and claim he is the same being he once was. If my lord ever reverts to his former ways, I will call my mistake and beg your forgiveness." Imperia shows a reserved and tempered side to her. This time remaining collected.

"Until then it is foolish to brand him now as you did then. Don't, doctor. Don't expect the worst of my lord. You don't have to trust him, but do not say he is the same. Otherwise it shows that you are like everyone else who refuses to see what I have. Progress is progress. You can't expect Armata to become a pacifist, kneeling before an alter of the goddess in such a short time. He has lived his life, his way, for more than five thousand years. Until any of us have walked his path, how can we claim to understand him?"

"Even I can't claim full understanding of my lord. But I do know he is suffering. Rather than hate him or persecute him for things he can't change, I choose to see the good he has displayed to me. I'd hoped that someone other than myself could at least feel a sense of remorse. He lost the one person he cared for, he doesn't need to be free of sin for us to sympathize with that. But do as you will, doctor. Just know that I expected you to be more of a physician than a judge. 'To improve the quality of life.' As the oath says, not pick who deserves to be helped."

"It's also a shame that you see things the way many others do. I'm asking you doctor, to at least understand me. I do what I do, because I have faith in my lord. He is not a bad man, I promise you. He just doesn't like people. He doesn't like much of anything anymore." Imperia's collected face soon gives way to her exhaustion of the conversation. Not that Ibrahim has drained her, but because of how many times she has consoled people on her lord. The wear of this subject now eating away at her.

"That's why I stay by him. I'm hoping someday, he'll reach out to someone. Maybe then he'll change to your standards."