Yeah, exactly. No one else was doing anything- if anything, everyone was trying to pretend it wasn't happening, that-that people weren't suffering. I couldn't stand by and let that happen.
[Turns out Varian's stubborn anti-authority streak has ALWAYS been there. He clasps and unclasps his hands together.]
I'd made a chemical compound to test on the rocks when my dad found me. We- we had a big argument about it about me working on them against his orders, about him hiding stuff from me. I didn't see the rock reacting to the chemical until it was too late. But Dad saw it. He- he managed to push me out of the way, but it swallowed him up. It-it trapped him in this solid amber that was unbreakable as the rocks.
[He sucks in a shaky breath, trying to calm his breathing as the memories push at his mind. It's been years at this point and it still hurts just as badly.]
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[Turns out Varian's stubborn anti-authority streak has ALWAYS been there. He clasps and unclasps his hands together.]
I'd made a chemical compound to test on the rocks when my dad found me. We- we had a big argument about it about me working on them against his orders, about him hiding stuff from me. I didn't see the rock reacting to the chemical until it was too late. But Dad saw it. He- he managed to push me out of the way, but it swallowed him up. It-it trapped him in this solid amber that was unbreakable as the rocks.
[He sucks in a shaky breath, trying to calm his breathing as the memories push at his mind. It's been years at this point and it still hurts just as badly.]
I needed help, so I ran to get Rapunzel.