Coaxed and gently convinced into what could very well be classified as death-defying exploration, one normally objective Imperial crown prince found himself following along as his little wife nudged him forward with undisguised excitement.
Xavier could not quite bring himself to tell Luca that maybe this wasn't a good idea.
Not when he remembered that freedom had never truly been something Luca possessed.
Even now.
While Luca had escaped the chains that once bound him back in Tesseris, absolute freedom still eluded him here.
Always having to think of where and when to go, second guessing movements because they could impact so many people. Luca had all those things to think about instead of just enjoying his life after already working so hard.
Instead of simply living, Luca had been forced to calculate.
