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[looks at the other curiously] How old are you? And I guess you'd have to be be pretty composed to be a king, huh?

[chuckles] Very, very old. I was born in 550 AD. Joseph is not my real name, but if I were to tell you what my mother called me, I doubt you would believe me.

[blinks in awe] Wow. No, now you have to tell me. And why did you choose the name Joseph? I ask mostly because not only do you have my brother's face, that's his name too.

Well, my maker chose the name Joseph for me. I always assumed she just liked the name. As for my real name...well, have you ever heard of Mordred?

Oh... Well it's a good name... I like it, but I could be biased. Mordred.... It sounds sort of familiar but I have no idea where I might've heard it.

[tries not to look too disappointed, really] Perhaps King Arthur will ring a bell. Camelot? Excalibur?

Ohhh yeah, the king with the sword. Yeah, him I remember. You were related to King Arthur? [looks pretty interested]

You could say that. He was my father.

[his eyes widen] Oh wow, really? That's... wow. So you were always royalty huh? [makes a mental note to look up Mordred and King Arthur on Wikipedia later]

[chuckles and nods] Basically, yes. I was his illegitimate son, so if he'd had a son with his wife, the legitimate child would have gotten the crown. Alas, I died before I became king.

Well... You became king after you died so I guess I all worked out for you in the end, right?

Many, many centuries later, yes, it did work out for me. [smirks] Too bad Mordred is remembered as a bad guy and I had to change my name.

Centuries... Geez. I'm sorry you had to change your name. But if it helps, like I said, I like the name Joseph

Mmhmm, I have been alive a very long time, Nick. Well, not alive per se, I guess. [grins] Hmm, you're biased.

Sort of alive... [he blushes at the grin, feeling like he knows about him and Joe somehow] Yeah, just a little bit biased.

Your Joseph...you're close to him?

You could say that.... Or you could say that we're extremely close, that would probably be more accurate.

Extremely close? Define "extremely."

As close as two people can get?

Yes, but there are varying degrees of closeness. Platonic and...everything else.

Joe and I have moved passed platonic a little while ago. [tries not to blush again]

[smirks softly and nods] Nothing wrong with that. Sometimes platonic isn't enough.

Many people see a lot wrong with it [his face falls a little and he shakes his head] But it's what's best for us and platonic definitely wasn't enough anymore.

Love is blind. Love is, well, love. I can hardly throw stones in a glass house; my mother was my father's half-sister. In these modern times, it's an unconventional love, but as long as it's working for you, then who am I to judge?

[smiles a bit, liking that someone accepts them] It might seem silly but... thank you for saying that. It means so much more than you know. [blushes a little at how sentimental he's getting]