"I should have to, and yet I do." Now he looks up at her, pleading in his eyes. "Did you know Andres? I did not. But he held Gorlim's heart. Loved him, Mary Anne, before Eilinel arrived. Was his lover. Was his first when he came from that hell my brother created for him. Eventually, Andres left... but Gorlim kept his room. Paid for it. Kept it neat. And he would go in there. I would find him in there."
His eyes shimmer shamefully.
"It hurts to live in the shadow of something like that. And to have Ruin come here, wear Andres' face, make love to Gorlim... It is worse than any beating!"
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"I should have to, and yet I do." Now he looks up at her, pleading in his eyes. "Did you know Andres? I did not. But he held Gorlim's heart. Loved him, Mary Anne, before Eilinel arrived. Was his lover. Was his first when he came from that hell my brother created for him. Eventually, Andres left... but Gorlim kept his room. Paid for it. Kept it neat. And he would go in there. I would find him in there."
His eyes shimmer shamefully.
"It hurts to live in the shadow of something like that. And to have Ruin come here, wear Andres' face, make love to Gorlim... It is worse than any beating!"