Noctisardor Bypass the voodoo engine

the boy had not spoken again. mahler glanced at his tall scarred son and then back to the ghostwhite child. arbiter's daughter.
"because it is the vay of volves. i had more teeth than legion to take this land, i vanted this place, and i claimed it for us." he let out his breath, looking between them both. "it vas not done out of personal spite. only because i vas able."
perhaps if he were not an arrogant individual, mahler might have seen the child's confusion. as it was, she held the same age as his brood, or close, he assumed. she knew by now the manner of their kind. or perhaps she had not seen it until now.