remember that you can't save everyone
remember that you have to try
Delving further would be reliving a whole manner of catastrophe, chaos, and heartache he’d since recovered from. He’d become far stronger, far better, far more capable, conspiring efforts every day – to extend his assistance and power when he could. To be useful, while not simultaneously self-sacrificing was still a work in progress, but he’d learned how to settle boundaries into his bones too. So once Alys caught her breath, he permitted the wake of all those notions to slide away, back into silence and furtive cloaks; nodding, stepping back into the smoother portions of the wall’s grand height. “Another minute,” he declared – because she’d shown herself capable. “And maybe another animal or illusion.” To truly push the boundaries; though for his impish nature, he gave her a slight wrinkle of his nose.
And then conducted bright, brilliant flames, unfurling and unwinding them from his palm, until they lingered along thresholds; orbs of fire, intentionally meant to distract and deter.
out for vengeance
DEIMOS
