"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite."
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The nobles laughed on cue. Of course they did. This was the best entertainment they'd had all ceremony.
I could already see the dinner party conversations writing themselves.
Did you hear about the Leone boy?
Awakened as a Chronicler! Can you imagine?
They'd sip their wine and shake their heads, grateful their own children hadn't turned out so disappointingly average.
Leo's reaction was worse than mockery. He just... nodded. Once. A single dip of his golden head that somehow managed to convey both pity and total dismissal without him saying a word.
