[That's not exactly it either. He makes a face before taking pity on Jay Michael and trying to explain.]
It wasn't even real immortality. If I could survive to a natural death, to die of old age and natural causes, I would have been free of it long ago. But a group of witches that I formerly considered friends - the ones who cursed me - would hunt me down and murder me before I could get that far, and then I would be reborn and start over again. It hasn't been my favorite experience.
( He settles back into the meal, enjoying his time with the entire family while they have it. There are other things to discuss, but he'd rather not think about his other son living to an old age. He takes his wife's hand in his on the table.
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It wasn't even real immortality. If I could survive to a natural death, to die of old age and natural causes, I would have been free of it long ago. But a group of witches that I formerly considered friends - the ones who cursed me - would hunt me down and murder me before I could get that far, and then I would be reborn and start over again. It hasn't been my favorite experience.
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And now, those former friends are former people.
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[Even if he senses that maybe he isn't as completely done with them as he may want to be.]
We'll see what happens.
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( He settles back into the meal, enjoying his time with the entire family while they have it. There are other things to discuss, but he'd rather not think about his other son living to an old age. He takes his wife's hand in his on the table.
This is their little family and it's special. )