“You look good in that dress, honey.”

“He said without even looking at what she was wearing.”

“You’re the most beautiful woman in Arcadia.”

“He said after calling her an ugly whore for most of their marriage.”

“I love you.”

“He said before leaving her and his son to the wolves.”

“Lies like those and so many more flowed out from my father’s mouth like running water. Almost everything that came out of him was full of deceit, every last word strung together in a never ending lie.”

“My dad constantly stepped on my trust by deceiving us. He would cheat on my mom for some other woman. He neglected me for some other kid he had in his second life. He’d call that love, but I knew what it really was, deep down.”

“The worst part of it all was that I was supposed to look up to this man. I was supposed to believe that he cared about me despite showing nothing but contempt for the both of us.”

“How could a man that was supposed to be my father figure do something like that to us? How could he abuse our trust before walking out like nothing happened, Harold?”

“I guess you’re just like my old man in many respects.”

“You took me in as your protege and promised to show me the way. It wasn’t until Narcissa told me the truth that I realized you were just using me for this war, much like my father used my mom for her credits.”

“It hurts to know that you knew about it the whole time too. You know what she told me is true and you pretend that it isn’t just to make things easier for yourself.”

“You’re a coward, Attano. You’re just as much of a coward as my dad was.”

“Instead of being brave and admit the truth before Narcissa ever could, you’d rather hide behind your deceptions and hope to fuck that I end up believing them. You call that love, but I know what that really is, deep down.”

“It’s contempt. Hatred for the apprentice you took in and promised to show the way.”

“You showed me something in the end, alright. You showed me that despite being a teacher to me, you never learn. You’d much rather manipulate unsuspecting fuckers like me and make yourself out to be the victim.”

“You acted that way with Jackson Cade, Michaela, and now me. It’s an endless cycle that you won’t stop until someone forces you to face the facts.”

“I’ll have to be the better man that you and my father never were. I’ll have to get you to admit the truth that you’re so keen on running away from.”

“Even if being the better man means I have to enact vengeance in order to get you to do so.”

“At Ring of Dreams, there will be no more games. You will be dragged through the darkness into the light, and Nobody would be able to ignore the truth ever again.”