It begins. Verstael expects Cor to be able to tell him everything like a textbook

Nice and orderly

"So, tell me about everything that happened when you were 12"

I kind of have some headcanon decided for Verstael's backstory but I don't plan on going too into it unless it's brought up

Because we don't really know anything about his situation growing up or his family life or anything

All we know is he saw daemon monsters really early on pretty much

But I'm just going with
father: average soldier dude, died in combat
mother: average woman dude, died to daemons
Joined the army young because food. But, wasn't put into combat because young and he was talented with machines and crud.
Emperor started programs for young soldiers to go to school for free or something

Which would make him directly benefit from the Emperor's policies. Although we also know pretty much nothing about what the Emperor did or how old he would be at this time... could always be one of the first things he did taking over for his father

But I figured something like that makes general sense for him given the troubles the Empire was having / we know daemons were around and multiplying / war / stuff

And he'll regard stuff about his parents more like facts than like someone with major emotional attachment

look Cor will try to give him a textbook

As you know, everyone is a historian and should keep everything that happens in their lives in perfect order with dates

Not much happens in 723 that Cor would know of though

It's pretty much all Niflheim side

It's kind of hilarious how Cor was the baby and Verstael was one of the oldest in the game

And now it's reversed and Cor is the old guy and Verstael is young(er)

I am living for that with Ver and Reggie both

/talk begins

"THIS RELATES TO MY INTERESTS "

VER WHY

HIS MAGNUM OPUS IS A SUCCESS

IN JUST A YEAR

THIS IS AMAZING

AND YOU THOUGHT HE HAD NO FEELINGS

HE IS SO HORRIFIED

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU

Look

He's never even experimented on humans yet, he doesn't know why they would be involved

Heck, using daemons isn't even involved with that yet

yep

Cor's.... going to watch his response to that revelation very carefully

His next step is, "Ok what if I shove a magitek core in it?"

Cor / Verstael : / start talking
2 seconds later
/start arguing

Cor wouldn't call this arguing, not yet