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ELI

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NAME: Eli Azrael
AGE: 40... ish
HOMETOWN: Kingdom of Solterra, Feywild

yo. its eli. hit me up.

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Yeah. I think so too.

[ Atsuhide then wordlessly demonstrates how to hold the chopsticks and move them. ]

Like this. I won't judge if you use the fork, either.

[ Thoughtfully, he considers where to start with Ko. Eli doesn't know their history, and similarly, Atsuhide doesn't know what they've been through together here. It feels a bit nosy and strange to talk about him like this, but it's also true that Ko is the most important person alive to Atsuhide. ]

He and I just have kept one another in line for ten years or something like that. I'd be dead without him, with my head cleaved in half in a snowbank.

[ Then he points to the scar on his face. ]

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[He squints at the chopstick demonstration and tries it himself. He's great with his hands, but this is brand new to him, so he tries to pick up a piece of tempura and drops it a couple of times. He huffs, frustrated because he just wants to eat, and picks up the fork.]

I'll try again when I'm less hungry.

[Not that hungry is the word for it, exactly. He has little need for people-food anymore, but he does still enjoy it.

He takes a bite, humming his approval.]

Yeah, he said he... Turned you?

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[ His lip quirks up in an almost-grin when Eli seems to like the tempura. Then he points to the strip of necrotic skin across his forehead, just at the hairline, topping the vertical scar like a T. ]

Yeah. This is my dead point, or the proof he turned me. Like his hand, but he was born with his.

[ He searches, it seems, for a few moments. How much to tell him? ]

We've both... We've all had to stay 'on' for years and years at this point. He's very much a public figure, and the rest of us are, too, by virtue of being in his flock. So... I hope that makes more sense. Lots of pressure on all of us back home.

How'd you two meet here?

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[Eli looks curiously at the scar, tilting his head as he chews. It's a cool scar.]

Honestly, it's all sort of hard for me to wrap my head around, since your world is so different from mine. [He shrugs.] But like, yeah. Someone saves your life, you're gonna feel bonded to them. [Maybe idolize them a bit, with all that "god" stuff. Ko had explained that to him, but he still thinks it's pretty insane that he's worshipped. To Eli, Ko is literally just a guy. A very hot and cool guy, but in no way close to a god.

He eagerly stabs another bite of tempura and chews for a moment.]

We met doing a photoshoot for wedding attire. We got paired up to act as a couple, we both got pretty into said acting, and it was really fun. [He grins a bit.] Way more trivial than your story. [But maybe that's Eli's role for Ko. Atsuhide keeps him grounded, as Ko described, and Eli helps him relax and let loose, have fun.]