Damocles
7. What feature (physical or otherwise) do they hate the most about themselves?
Oh man, this one hurts to answer, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about since you sent me this one.
Damocles, as it’s probably obvious, hates his hybrid nature. He hates his extra toes and fingers and wider shaped body, all outward signs of his being different. I guess a life of being constantly stared at, talked about, and avoided can do that to a person.
His self-hatred is to the point that, as a teenage equivalent for turians, he would often bind his fingers – middle and index together and ring and pinky together – and strap his extra toe tightly to each of his feet. It was painful to keep with during the days, and his parents and sister soon found out, but he still does it at times when feeling particularly self-conscious. He would also skip out on meals as a kid so that his waist would stay slimmer, but that problem fixed itself when he realized that, in order to gain the strength to fight on jobs, he needed to eat and exercise. Is he against wearing waist binding? No, but there often aren’t any big enough for him, which creates a whole new self-depreciation he tends to take out on any poor fool he meets on the battlefield.
Cassia
11. Do they have any vices?
I wouldn’t consider it so much a vice, but a bad habit of hers: Cassia loves to push the limits of what equipment can do. Especially when it comes to her beloved gunship. She will often drive at breakneck speeds with stomach flipping maneuvers, sometimes looking like she’s bound to lose control, but she always knows what she’s doing. A bit of a daredevil, she is urged on many times by her brother into doing things that would make their parents have an aneurysm if they ever found out.
Arcanus
44. What’s the one thing they wish they could do more often, but can’t?
Arcanus wishes he could go to Palaven many times in his life. However, because of his associations with mercenary bands and past – none too honorable – discharge from the turian military, he believes he isn’t very welcome on his childhood home planet. As a Blue Suns commander, he often took time to travel there and visit family, his sister in particular, but that became unwise as soon as the galaxy began to see his association with the Vakarians and those two’s falling out with the Council – and galactic law. While there isn’t really evidence against him, per se, he doesn’t often find it enjoyable to go through the effort of getting to Palaven and staying out of the public eye.
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