He opted to persist in long strides along the fallen logs and the trifling brush, content to embark along the bank with her and not do much of anything except converse – save for watching the wraiths again. A pair seemed to venture near and then coast by; enshrouded and eclipsed in their own menagerie and ambitions. He studied them for an instant more, before turning his attention back to the Harpy, further amused at her snicker and shrug.
Other motivations indeed – her own set of phantoms to tackle – between offering herself to a false god in another world, and then nearly doing the same here upon resurrections. Kiada had proven herself wholly capable, but the results hadn’t always been swift or kind. Maybe these matters would settle more firmly for her, and he could grant her that hope with the lightest trace of his smile. “I am hoping to get the Noah matter settled soon, and then that may not be so overbearing for anyone either.”
Other motivations indeed – her own set of phantoms to tackle – between offering herself to a false god in another world, and then nearly doing the same here upon resurrections. Kiada had proven herself wholly capable, but the results hadn’t always been swift or kind. Maybe these matters would settle more firmly for her, and he could grant her that hope with the lightest trace of his smile. “I am hoping to get the Noah matter settled soon, and then that may not be so overbearing for anyone either.”
deimos
Never let them drain the river of your soul
