I’m stronger than this, he told himself. My will is greater. But he could hear Jordie laughing. No, little brother. No one is stronger. You’ve cheated death too many times. Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man.
ace kaz who doesn’t know if his asexuality was there from birth or if it is a product of his trauma
ace kaz who embraces it all the same
ace kaz who is glad of his asexuality because it helps him cope with his extreme touch aversion
ace kaz who might be the only boy in ketterdam who can walk through the pleasure districts of the barrel purely on business terms and not care a jot for the the things that go on around him
ace kaz who subtly flaunts his asexuality with accents of purple on his usual black & white & grey businessman ensemble (a tie, a handkerchief, polished purple buttons, pURPLE GLOVES??? I’M LIVING) its no coincidence that purple is the color of both asexuality and kruge
ace kaz who turns his asexuality, like everything else about him, into a weapon - the guiles that other men fall for have no effect on him
ace kaz who finds security in his relationship with inej knowing that she will never ask of him what he cannot give
ace kaz who loves inej with unbridled passion; living proof that an asexual relationship is in no way “lesser” to other relationships
ace kaz who never loses his virginity a n d t h a t ’ s o k
Time is never time at all You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth And our lives are forever changed We will never be the same The more you change the less you feel Believe, believe in me, believe
me n my siblings used to cover each other in stuffed animals pillows and blankets and jump on each other from the top of the stairs and idk how we never got injured
glad to know all kids have always been rascals and rapscallions
my favorite real life version of this was my coworker from the netherlands expressing surprise that houses really are on square plots with lawns in the front and back because he thought it was just staging for television
