[Ok so maybe it's just me but...does Albus remind you a little bit of Charles in that?]
"Yes," Aurus acknowledged on the darker topics of neglect and abuse, "there were points in my discussions with them where I began to gather as much. I'd gotten some advice from Hank on what subjects were likely to be sensitive, but I might still have occasionally misgauged. Not badly, I think, but," here he gestured towards the tablet, "there are some of Ventari's teachings that inspire questions of ethics--questions which some of your students seem more adept at handling than others."
He didn't say which teachings specifically, trusting that Charles would be able to judge for himself, looking at what was written on the tablet before him.
"I don't fault anyone for struggling with those answers, of course. I have to admit that I didn't necessarily do well with them in my youth. When a split formed among my brothers and sisters, the way I dealt with it was simply to leave."
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"Yes," Aurus acknowledged on the darker topics of neglect and abuse, "there were points in my discussions with them where I began to gather as much. I'd gotten some advice from Hank on what subjects were likely to be sensitive, but I might still have occasionally misgauged. Not badly, I think, but," here he gestured towards the tablet, "there are some of Ventari's teachings that inspire questions of ethics--questions which some of your students seem more adept at handling than others."
He didn't say which teachings specifically, trusting that Charles would be able to judge for himself, looking at what was written on the tablet before him.
"I don't fault anyone for struggling with those answers, of course. I have to admit that I didn't necessarily do well with them in my youth. When a split formed among my brothers and sisters, the way I dealt with it was simply to leave."