Q&A - Hermes

Hey everyone!

Hermes is up in the questionnaire rotation this month, so here's his take on the latest set of questions. I do think this one is quite influenced by the things I've just been writing, in which Hermes is definitely giving some insight on his own recent character development to the PC. So some of these answers are quite different from what they might have been a few chapters ago!

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1. What is your greatest desire?

Uhh, heh. Well, I guess if I’m being honest, it’s feeling like I matter. Or belong, something like that.

2. Who was the most important person in your formative years?

That’s kind of hard to say. Lots of people were important, and not all of them in good ways. I guess if I was measuring by ‘who played the biggest part in making me who I am,' it’d have to be His Deathliness. But my mother and my old man both had a pretty big say in that, too.

3. What would you tell the younger version of yourself, if you could talk to him now?

Get your head out of your ass and stop trying to please people who are never going to love you.

4. What sorts of people are you most easily drawn to?

Sincerely? People who say what they mean, and keep their word. Kindness is good, too, of course, but I’d never want it at the expense of honesty. Which is pretty ironic for me, I know.

5. How would you say you react to stress?

Panic. Mostly internal though. Or trying to care less about whatever’s got me stressed. That works well when it works, but sometimes it just doesn’t.

6. Of those in your inner circle, who do you feel closest to?

I guess… my uncle, Pyri, and Hekate, all for different reasons and in different ways.

7. Of those in your inner circle, who do you find yourself clashing with most often?

Leks, probably. It’s not even a bad thing. I think I need someone in my life who is ready to tell me when I’m being insufferable. The grumbling isn’t the same thing, and I actually kind of enjoy that. I think she does too, though she wouldn’t ever admit it, so I guess it’s the fun kind of clashing?

8. Do you have any daily rituals or routines?

Hair and skin care, my friend. Absolutely worth investing time in. Wing care, too, obviously.

9. Of the four humors, which one or two would you say are most dominant in your personality?

Hmm… I think I’m pretty sanguine most of the time. But I can be a little phlegmatic, when I’m by myself or very relaxed otherwise.

10. What part of your personality gets you into the most trouble?

What part of it doesn’t?