Shadow: Why HERE? What does this place mean TO YOU?
nods...it's where we grew up... sighs I think I've told you everything there is to know about my past... looks at Shadow...what about you? What haven't you told me?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY PAST?!
well.. i know that the man who raised you isn't your real father..
DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT I DON'T SEE MORE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE... MOST PEOPLE ARE BLIND TO THE REALITY AROUND THEM
I HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE MY BROTHER AND I DON'T FULLY TRUST ANYONE, BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN THEN I'LL TELL YOU SOME THINGS I DON'T USUALLY SHARE WITH PEOPLE
I WAS BORN IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THAT IS WHERE I AM RAISED, BUT YOU CAN'T ASK ME WHO MY PARENTS ARE OR WHAT MY EARLY CHILDHOOD WAS LIKE, SO DON'T ASK!
YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MY PAST?
if i asked you to tell me then would you?
NO, BUT IF I TOLD YOU THEN YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE SUSPICIOUS OF ME THAN YOU ALREADY ARE, SO NO, YOU CAN'T KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT ME
DON'T WORRY, SOMEDAY I WILL TELL YOU MY SECRETS, BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN PROVE YOUR TRUSTWORTHINESS
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MY PAST, AND THAT ONE DAY YOU WILL PROBABLY ASK ME ABOUT IT, BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN
ONE DAY YOU WILL FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, AND IF YOU DO THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY I DIDN'T TELL YOU, BUT IF YOU DON'T THEN YOU WILL ALWAYS BLAME ME FOR KEEPING SECRETS FROM YOU
are you ever going to tell me?
WE ARE BROTHERS AND AS BROTHERS WE SHOULD BE OPEN WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN MY PAST THAT WOULD MAKE YOU HATE ME, SO DON'T ASK!
hugs shadow it doesn't matter to me what you did or didn't do, i wouldn't hate you no matter what.
YOU DON'T KNOW ME VERY WELL THEN, BECAUSE EVERYONE I'VE MET HAS REJECTED ME AFTER LEARNING MY SECRETS, SO TAKE THAT AS A WARNING BEFORE YOU GET TOO CLOSE TO ME
i don't care, i can tell by looking into your eyes that you're a good person, no matter what you did or didn't do.
DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT IT SEEMS, SO DON'T TRUST TOO EASILY
I SPENT MOST OF MY NIGHTS WALKING ALONE, IT'S WHEN I FEEL CLOSEST TO THE TRUTH PHOBIAS ARE COMMON; FEAR OF MURDERS, OF DOG BARKS, OF Heights, OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, OF ANTS... I DON'T HAVE ANY PHOBIA, BUT I'M AFRAID OF THE DARK. FOLK TRADITIONS FROM EASTERN EUROPE TAUGHT ME THAT SOMETIMES THE ANSWERS LIE IN THE SHADOWS PHILANTHROPY IS DEAD, SO MANY PEOPLE DIE FOR NOTHING, SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFER FOR NOTHING, IT MAKES ME SAD, AND I ASPIRE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.