some legends are told

some turn to dust or to gold

• little-known fact: milo tremerie has an older brother. he is never spoken of, heard of, or known. he has been cleansed from history and banished from legend. he is no one. he was someone, but that whole affair ended pretty quickly. existence can be smothered by life and not death; a candle can burn itself into agony yet all will praise the fluorescent lamp.
• the change is instant: he is no longer allowed to run off and play after a meal. his lesson double over night. he can only fence with a sword he's summoned by himself. he can't skip over any fancy dinners. but he doesn't really care about these trivialities: where is his brother?
• it is not a problem of giving. happiness is best shared. no matter how many times he is spurned he will trust and trust and trust again. without trust, he is not human. but post-trust, post-cruelty, there is always vengeance. and vengeance is just another one of justice's dysphemisms.
• it fascinates him how easily the heart moves on. it only motivates him to hold on more fiercely and clutch at words without meaning: love, hope, justice, legend, legacy.

but you will remember me, for centuries

• milo tremerie was a man of passion-- he still is. he finds passion in other people and it's still as exciting as ever to be around them. but the people he is around are, to be frank, frightening to a degree.
  and sometimes he wonders if love and passion are what he needs to be. perhaps he needs to find a new skin to wear. it wouldn't be the first time.
• milo tremerie is a man of insecurity. he wears influence better than how most wear gloves, his smile,
  if the medeia is to be believed, is as good of a spear in its own right. but his yellow eyes move too quickly. sometimes he talks to much. some days he is invulnerable, some days he is porcelain.
• milo tremerie wishes to be a man of chivalry-- a man worthy of every honor and title. a man that was,
  perhaps, born into the limelight. but a man that would have earned it nevertheless through character and virtue.
• milo tremerie will be a man of legacy. (but silently, he hopes, something more).