KORBIN
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed,
That blushed and bloomed,
"It will give you chances most people don't have though," he pointed out. "It's definitely not something to be embarrassed about. You have it, so why not own it?" Korbin tilted his head. It equaled his own confidence in singing or surviving in his homeland, he thought. Let him sing in front of strangers without balking, and speak his mind about matters that felt important... because he never doubted that he was allowed to do so. There was a power in that too.
A slow smile crept over the boys lips at the surety in Loren's tone. He seemed more than a little keen on the idea of a trial... and as he thought about it, Korbin admitted that the idea tickled something within him too. The reckless, daredevil part of him that usually remained tempered and suppressed beneath common sense.
"If it comes to the point where you end up going through something like that, I'll join too," he offered. "Wouldn't have anyone say I demand things of others that I wouldn't do myself." He didn't doubt that he had the necessary skills and knowledge to survive... but nor did he doubt that it was a dangerous and difficult thing to ask of anyone.
Halo was just that brutal.
A slow smile crept over the boys lips at the surety in Loren's tone. He seemed more than a little keen on the idea of a trial... and as he thought about it, Korbin admitted that the idea tickled something within him too. The reckless, daredevil part of him that usually remained tempered and suppressed beneath common sense.
"If it comes to the point where you end up going through something like that, I'll join too," he offered. "Wouldn't have anyone say I demand things of others that I wouldn't do myself." He didn't doubt that he had the necessary skills and knowledge to survive... but nor did he doubt that it was a dangerous and difficult thing to ask of anyone.
Halo was just that brutal.
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.
Of the old time entombed.
