Hearing Korr surrender, Lucen stopped using Acting Adept.
'I was able to control myself a bit. I was using another persona, but I was still me. Still, that was f*cking hard. I can't use a persona with that kind of personality too much.'
Every time he used Acting Adept that deeply, it was like he was watching himself move through a screen, but he had a controller at hand. It should have been able to control the character at play, but the deeper he went, the more he lost control, and the character would do things he wouldn't.
Even now, he could feel the echo of the persona tugging at the edge of his mind, like a shadow behind his thoughts. It hadn't fully left him. That intensity, aggressive like a beast, utterly ruthless, even though it was useful, but also dangerous.
'If I lose myself in the role, what's left of me after the curtain falls?' He shook his head slightly, clearing away the lingering fog.
