He didn't answer at first. The mermanta grew as still as he could while floating in the water, his gaze going slightly unfocused as the weight of Noah's question settled about his shoulders. He'd spoken to a couple of other demigods before now, but Noah was the first to really ask his thoughts on what it meant to him.
There was a deep silence in the Bond before he finally found his voice, meeting Noah's piercing gaze once more. "It is... complicated," he admitted. "It is a great honor." Perhaps the greatest on all of Caido. "There has not been a demigod chosen from the Merfolk in living memory. Far longer than that, in truth. It would be a powerful symbol to my people....But the cost is significant, I am learning. As you say, to give up all choice in obedience... it is daunting." To say the least. Hadama drew another deep breath and released it slowly. "Deciding what I am willing to give up, and what I am not... it is a heavy question."
He tilted his head at his friend, solemn in his mien. "What is it that you could not live without?" No matter the price, or who asked it.
There was a deep silence in the Bond before he finally found his voice, meeting Noah's piercing gaze once more. "It is... complicated," he admitted. "It is a great honor." Perhaps the greatest on all of Caido. "There has not been a demigod chosen from the Merfolk in living memory. Far longer than that, in truth. It would be a powerful symbol to my people....But the cost is significant, I am learning. As you say, to give up all choice in obedience... it is daunting." To say the least. Hadama drew another deep breath and released it slowly. "Deciding what I am willing to give up, and what I am not... it is a heavy question."
He tilted his head at his friend, solemn in his mien. "What is it that you could not live without?" No matter the price, or who asked it.
