Fifteen years. It was then when my patron, Monsieur Chabouillet, secured me a position in the police force.
( He's not going to say he's spent a much longer time than that in prison β that's a conversation for another time. Javert is just as interested in Kol as he seems to be with him, so it's easy for him to ask, )
[ cause mayhem, entertain himself with murder, and be stuck in a coffin against his will⦠how does kol spin that into something that sounds completely normal? ]
I travelled around the world learning all I could about the different branches of witchcraft and magic. I created a few things that could be used against some of our biggest monsters. [ he shrugs, not that it can be seen or heard. he did do quite a lot on his ownβand behaved as well as he could, with less murder when he was doing magic... it all sounds completely normal, doesn't it?
keeping his tone light, ] When I wasn't doing that, I was⦠spending some time with family. They say you only have one, no matter how cursed or blessed you feel sometimes.
( He makes a noncommittal noise. Neither of these are Javert's favorite topics, and his distaste in both stem from one another. )
You tell me that you are a witch?
( He's familiar with spells and magic, not intimately, but in passing. His mother was a Romani, a fortune teller. It was something he was exposed to when he was a boy before he left her to become a messenger for the police. )
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( He's not going to say he's spent a much longer time than that in prison β that's a conversation for another time. Javert is just as interested in Kol as he seems to be with him, so it's easy for him to ask, )
What about you? What did you before this?
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I travelled around the world learning all I could about the different branches of witchcraft and magic. I created a few things that could be used against some of our biggest monsters. [ he shrugs, not that it can be seen or heard. he did do quite a lot on his ownβand behaved as well as he could, with less murder when he was doing magic... it all sounds completely normal, doesn't it?
keeping his tone light, ] When I wasn't doing that, I was⦠spending some time with family. They say you only have one, no matter how cursed or blessed you feel sometimes.
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You tell me that you are a witch?
( He's familiar with spells and magic, not intimately, but in passing. His mother was a Romani, a fortune teller. It was something he was exposed to when he was a boy before he left her to become a messenger for the police. )
I wouldn't believe it until I see it.