[A good call, probably. The Fount is still a touchy subject for him, in very complicated ways. He would never want to take that out on Pavlova, but his emotions can wildly swing one way to the next.]
[But then, Pavlova says all that and, knowing he has the view he does into his heart, makes him lock up in surprise. He wants to protest, put on another act, perhaps even act rudely, coldly, and dismiss his words entirely. There's that part of him that riles up, the wild animal that bites when it feels cornered.]
[But he steps outside of it for a moment, and settles back down. Takes in that last part of his words and sighs a little.]
...You'll have to forgive your father, the mask is as much for me as it is for you.
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[But then, Pavlova says all that and, knowing he has the view he does into his heart, makes him lock up in surprise. He wants to protest, put on another act, perhaps even act rudely, coldly, and dismiss his words entirely. There's that part of him that riles up, the wild animal that bites when it feels cornered.]
[But he steps outside of it for a moment, and settles back down. Takes in that last part of his words and sighs a little.]
...You'll have to forgive your father, the mask is as much for me as it is for you.