[There's a surprising amount of force in Stephen's grasp, and Mephisto is taken aback by it enough to be led with no resistance. He listens, and while some part of him thinks to be amused by the feeble threat, the rest of him is... stricken.
He'd only just said that Stephen was his toy to break. But the idea of actually breaking him... Mephisto tells himself that it would simply be boring, but it's more than that. It's always been more than that.
He hesitates for a moment, weighing the concept of seriousness with defiance. He settles somewhere in the middle.]
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He'd only just said that Stephen was his toy to break. But the idea of actually breaking him... Mephisto tells himself that it would simply be boring, but it's more than that. It's always been more than that.
He hesitates for a moment, weighing the concept of seriousness with defiance. He settles somewhere in the middle.]
I would expect nothing less.