cover you when the sky comes crashing in
Sunjata had never really made his alliances furtive – just that they were interchangeable, subject to whims and mercurial pursuits, and might not have justified the means. But there had always been a pattern with the Ascended, and though many hadn’t been bothered by it until the war sentiments escalated, now it presented as allegiances spinning wildly on lines drawn. Between Safe Havens, leadership along the Grounds, and ignoring authority, the Flood had made himself a prime target, and never really seemed to care who he dragged along with him.
Deimos mulled this over, cutting another row of vegetables, before snagging at a head of lettuce and beginning to wash it off in the sink. “You went with him, knowing his goal, but having one of your own?” His head tilted vaguely, brows still furrowed, no indication of emotion written along his features, save for the sigh meandering through. “And so neither side would have the relic as an advantage. Though that would not have stopped anyone from going after you.” He paused, eyes going towards the frosted window, watching the sun beginning its descent. “Sunjata would have likely given it to one of his Ascended brethren.” Someone like Wessex, Nate, Isla…whomever else was still around.
He eventually turned back from the window and sink, ripping apart proportions of the lettuce and placing them amid the large salad bowl. “Have you been banned from Stormbreak as well?”
Deimos mulled this over, cutting another row of vegetables, before snagging at a head of lettuce and beginning to wash it off in the sink. “You went with him, knowing his goal, but having one of your own?” His head tilted vaguely, brows still furrowed, no indication of emotion written along his features, save for the sigh meandering through. “And so neither side would have the relic as an advantage. Though that would not have stopped anyone from going after you.” He paused, eyes going towards the frosted window, watching the sun beginning its descent. “Sunjata would have likely given it to one of his Ascended brethren.” Someone like Wessex, Nate, Isla…whomever else was still around.
He eventually turned back from the window and sink, ripping apart proportions of the lettuce and placing them amid the large salad bowl. “Have you been banned from Stormbreak as well?”
DEIMOS
