It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive
The dragoon kept her eyes shifting over the crowd. Some spoke, and Anna knew some of them only by name, rumor, and tale. Deimos, the Resurrected Sword, was one she knew only as a devotee of Safrin and yet a destroyer of the Voice's prison. She didn't know the details of his history and his involvement, only a vague understanding that he had been born of another world and helped "free" the Hollowed Grounds. Her eyes settled on Sohalia briefly, her face calm and projecting the confidence the young matriarch would need.
Samael shifted at Anna's side as her mind clouded with the thoughts. Though she remained as impassable as the Fangs they had flown over, the dragoon lifted her chin some. While it wasn't her place to say anything, she wanted to. But duty and honor had a deeper hold on her tongue, and so she merely watched Hotaru with icy amber eyes.
Was the woman as ambitious as the Voice? What was she doing to keep the mages in their place? How was she making sure the people who had the abilities to alter what was so deeply ingrained within the very atoms of Caido stayed within the natural boundaries, the hierarchy of gods and heralds and men? Her jaw feathered some, and Samael groaned, but Anna pressed him to silence over their bond.
Samael shifted at Anna's side as her mind clouded with the thoughts. Though she remained as impassable as the Fangs they had flown over, the dragoon lifted her chin some. While it wasn't her place to say anything, she wanted to. But duty and honor had a deeper hold on her tongue, and so she merely watched Hotaru with icy amber eyes.
Was the woman as ambitious as the Voice? What was she doing to keep the mages in their place? How was she making sure the people who had the abilities to alter what was so deeply ingrained within the very atoms of Caido stayed within the natural boundaries, the hierarchy of gods and heralds and men? Her jaw feathered some, and Samael groaned, but Anna pressed him to silence over their bond.
But those who can best manage change
Anna
