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Hob doesn't know why he's immortal. He just knows that he was born around the 1360's, and at some point, he stopped aging and gained insane regeneration powers. He is, essentially, immortal, but that's all he knows.
The people who captured him believe him that he doesn't know the why, at least. But they won't let him go. Nobody will save him because 8 billion humans are now invested in his case. Because the information that an immortal man had been captured was leaked. Even if he escapes, everyone knows his face now. He'll never be safe again and they will continue trying to find out the source of his powers until the end of time.
Morpheus is one of the seven scientists that keep trying to find out the source/cause of Hob's immorality. At first, he's the coldest of them all, treating Hob like an animal. But then when he sees that Hob clings to hope and sanity where others would have broken ages ago, he gets intrigued. He starts talking to the "subject" more than is necessary, and soon he begins questioning his job.
With the forbidden romance blooming, Hob suddenly doesn't feel so trapped. His spirit is flying on cloud nine and his rationale knows that there are places where he can hide once he and Morpheus escape. He'll start over and enjoy every second of this love, as long as he can.
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Ooo we love the dystopian horrors!! Fun!!
Hob can see that the scientific venture is kind of falling apart. They're getting no closer to finding the source of Hob’s powers, and the experiments are getting fewer and further between. Morpheus eventually admits to Hob that one of his fellow scientists left the project entirely, and that Morpheus is definitely starting to feel the same. Olethros, the rogue scientist, is even willing to help Morpheus and Hob avoid capture if they choose to leave.
Another desperate experiment in which Hob is repeatedly drowned and revived seals the deal for Morpheus. This is just torture being live streamed to the masses at this point. He needs to get Hob out of this place. There must be somewhere out there where they'll never even have to see another person and Hob will finally be safe! Morpheus has dreams of helping Hob recover from the ordeal, talking to him about everything he's seen and done in his life - maybe Hob will even forgive him for the terrible things that he's done...
He doesn't know that Hob is already head over heels in love with him. Hob is literally counting down the minutes until he's out of this glass cage and able to hold Morpheus in his arms. Hell, if his immortality runs out and it's the last thing he gets to do, it'll be worth it. Not that Hob intends to die, oh no. He's going to live, for Morpheus. Forever.
you have to stay alive. you're going to be such a beautiful middle aged freak. young freaks will see you in the street and know that things can be okay.
“apologist.” “critical.” y’all are doing too much. when my favorite characters do evil reprehensible shit I simply don’t fucking care cause it’s not real
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