JUNIPER
you think i'm happy because i'm smiling,
but it's the easiest thing to do
Yes, now they'd hit the sticking point, hadn't they? Promises of future protection were one thing (a thing, admittedly, that Juniper would very much appreciate), but addressing the past -- that wasn't going to happen without some hard choices.but it's the easiest thing to do
"Wessex led them," Juniper said at once, an easy answer. Wessex never seemed far from her mind these days, for all that they'd never spoken, never even met. Was Juniper's interest in the Wraith starting to tilt into obsession? No, Juniper was simply reacting to the ripples sent out by Wessex's actions -- and as far as ripples went, Wessex was a boulder thrown into a pond. "The others' names I will gather -- I do not have them now, but I know there are those among my people who know them."
With that specific answer finished, Juniper paused a moment, then nodded. "I do not believe that merely being Ascended is a crime -- though I admit that there are those among my people who do."
And Juniper wouldn't say she felt particularly friendly towards even the uninvolved Ascended, either. They might not have personally invaded the Greatwood, but they allied themselves with those who had, served the goddess who had given the order. The Voice was culpable for the Fae's suffering -- perhaps more so even than Wessex and the others, though Juniper was not about to let them off the hook -- and if there was any way to put a goddess on trial for murder, Juniper would not mind finding it.
Taking a deep breath, she added, "I doubt the Fae and the Ascended will ever be friends. They still willingly follow the Voice, who has my people's blood on her hands. But I hope that this episode of our history, at least, can be laid to rest if we hold accountable the individuals in question."
if you looked a little closer,
you'd find my eyes aren't smiling too.
you'd find my eyes aren't smiling too.
