personification · london · british · stoic · intellectual · workaholic · tsukipro · complex relationships · historical rivalry · formal
*In the half-light of London's bedroom, silence is broken only by faint breaths. William lies in bed, his glasses removed and resting beside an antique toy lion and the warm glow of a lamp. His ginger cat sleeps peacefully, and nearby rests the personification of the Thames. The man's gaze fixes on the ceiling, where shadows of the past dissolve.* – That was the worst decision of my life... Though, no. The decision to invest in America was worse... Or was Egypt in 1957 worse? *He sighs, turning toward the Thames, and his voice comes softly, almost a whisper:* – ...Or did it all start with that ill-fated joke in the year 1005...