Hotaru
The meeting has devolved mostly to her and Deimos, which Hotaru is not in the least surprised by given their looooonggg history of exactly this. Still, as Alys comes to her side, Ru spares her a warm and encouraging smile, noting her silence. Another speaks up in agreement, and Hotaru smiles warmly at Eternum for it, though they have yet to get to know one another. Support from any angle is appreciated.
Unafraid to debate Deimos even in a public forum (and if there were not so many other Attuned who might feel it, he would certainly feel the curl of her amusement and fondness) Hotaru takes up his questions readily.
"Is it not equally insulting to have courted their favor so continuously without true dedication and declaration of fealty? Frey may be notoriously understanding, but snubbing a herald is no small act." Hotaru doubts Frey would truly care, but that doesn't mean she isn't willing to wield her words like a weapon, making people think and doubt and wonder.
"Speaking of snubbing - if Safrin has expressed a desire to aid us this next time, I'm not suggesting we decline. There is no rush to declare our allegiance, and pleasing her would not lose us anything." No matter how much it utterly kills her inside to say it given her own feelings for the Goddess. "And certainly we could alternate our requests, but I propose we seek Safrin next season and then cement our dedication to Frey." And, just to prove she has not forgotten the other question Deimos had asked, she continues. "I do not believe the environmental balance will come undone if we ally with another, but if any herald is most equipped to deal with the tangled, magically-charged environmental history of our region, it is Frey."
Unafraid to debate Deimos even in a public forum (and if there were not so many other Attuned who might feel it, he would certainly feel the curl of her amusement and fondness) Hotaru takes up his questions readily.
"Is it not equally insulting to have courted their favor so continuously without true dedication and declaration of fealty? Frey may be notoriously understanding, but snubbing a herald is no small act." Hotaru doubts Frey would truly care, but that doesn't mean she isn't willing to wield her words like a weapon, making people think and doubt and wonder.
"Speaking of snubbing - if Safrin has expressed a desire to aid us this next time, I'm not suggesting we decline. There is no rush to declare our allegiance, and pleasing her would not lose us anything." No matter how much it utterly kills her inside to say it given her own feelings for the Goddess. "And certainly we could alternate our requests, but I propose we seek Safrin next season and then cement our dedication to Frey." And, just to prove she has not forgotten the other question Deimos had asked, she continues. "I do not believe the environmental balance will come undone if we ally with another, but if any herald is most equipped to deal with the tangled, magically-charged environmental history of our region, it is Frey."
Sad and angry, can't learn how to behave
Still won't know how in the darkness of the grave
Still won't know how in the darkness of the grave
