Time passed differently to an immortal, and while seven decades of servitude seemed like impossibly long to a man who lived only a century at most, to someone who had eternity stretched before them, it really wasn't all that long. Nor did the concept of slavery seemed all that foreign to a person who had lived his life in all walks of life. He had been master and the mastered, the soldier and the oppressed alike. His immortality did not come with abilities that allowed him to escape either numbers or strength. And when one had no goals and no aspirations in life, to live day to day with little thought as to the next, his position mattered to Cain perhaps less than Elijah thought.
"You haven't done anything for me to dislike you," Cain clarified, as he nodded slightly to what Elijah spoke of about his story. It was the expressed interest in him, as the person and not the name, that raised his brows. It was soon replaced by a conflicted one at the mention of other immortals. "Vampires are not true immortals... They live longer but can just as easily be killed..."
The conflict on those features turned to a look of startled surprise, the first indication of something beyond the mild reactions the immortal shown in the study, when Elijah's anger destroyed part of his furniture. An anger expressed on Cain's behalf, a person who the Mikaelson had just discovered to exist a few weeks ago, and an identity recognized only an hour ago.
"He knows perfectly well who I am, someone who can help him further his causes, whatever that may be. I know where he stands. But why do you care so much?"
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Date: 2021-04-05 11:11 am (UTC)"You haven't done anything for me to dislike you," Cain clarified, as he nodded slightly to what Elijah spoke of about his story. It was the expressed interest in him, as the person and not the name, that raised his brows. It was soon replaced by a conflicted one at the mention of other immortals. "Vampires are not true immortals... They live longer but can just as easily be killed..."
The conflict on those features turned to a look of startled surprise, the first indication of something beyond the mild reactions the immortal shown in the study, when Elijah's anger destroyed part of his furniture. An anger expressed on Cain's behalf, a person who the Mikaelson had just discovered to exist a few weeks ago, and an identity recognized only an hour ago.
"He knows perfectly well who I am, someone who can help him further his causes, whatever that may be. I know where he stands. But why do you care so much?"