Knowing how the absence of a parent’s love can affect a child, how could I do anything less than give my own all of mine that I can? They deserve nothing less.
[ The thought of Rodney Murdoch is still a painful one for Clive—the fact that it was he himself that was responsible for the death of someone he respected so much, and the pain and fear that Lord Murdoch must have experienced in his last moments as Ifrit’s flames consumed him. Ever since he’d come to terms with the fact that he was that second Dominant of Fire that he’d hunted for so long, the weight of that death and many others has sat heavily upon his shoulders.
He doesn’t show it on his face, though, beyond a moment of pensive silence and a nod. ]
Rodney Rosfield. It would be fitting.
[ Her next question is one that gives him pause. Ironic that Joshua had asked him a similar question not too long ago. Did he want to honor his father? Of course he does, but he tempers his response. ]
If we have that many children, then perhaps. I don’t want you to feel that you must simply because you wouldn’t mind it. And… there are so many feelings already attached to that name—I would not wish for a child of ours to feel beholden to the past because of the regard I hold for my father.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rosecarmine
(no subject)
Date: 2024-05-03 03:04 pm (UTC)[ The thought of Rodney Murdoch is still a painful one for Clive—the fact that it was he himself that was responsible for the death of someone he respected so much, and the pain and fear that Lord Murdoch must have experienced in his last moments as Ifrit’s flames consumed him. Ever since he’d come to terms with the fact that he was that second Dominant of Fire that he’d hunted for so long, the weight of that death and many others has sat heavily upon his shoulders.
He doesn’t show it on his face, though, beyond a moment of pensive silence and a nod. ]
Rodney Rosfield. It would be fitting.
[ Her next question is one that gives him pause. Ironic that Joshua had asked him a similar question not too long ago. Did he want to honor his father? Of course he does, but he tempers his response. ]
If we have that many children, then perhaps. I don’t want you to feel that you must simply because you wouldn’t mind it. And… there are so many feelings already attached to that name—I would not wish for a child of ours to feel beholden to the past because of the regard I hold for my father.