HARPER
For any other grievance or weight on his shoulders, Hadama would have been the first ear he sought. However, the two had once been united in faith on the subject of Safrin. There is a stifling fear now, an expectation that perhaps Harper shouldn't hold but nevertheless does; that if he confides in Hadama, he will be spurned, rejected by the mind of a more faithful man.
Perhaps then it's a boon that in this, they feel the same. Though their debates have never been anything less than pleasant, relief washes over him the moment it's made clear that in this they are agreed. "Trade can always be resumed in later seasons, I don't think we should give up on it entirely. But it would make sense for everyone to be on edge and worried in the wake of Safrin's departure - not just us." And, in the end, they need to take care of their own before they can extend a hand to their fellows. "I think we can agree on training soldiers for this season." Which leaves only what would best serve them after the Luck Fountain is completed.
"We can put it to a vote, but meetings often have the same voices speaking the loudest. Would you feel comfortable approaching Frey? They're often regarded as the most neutral." Harper would normally lean toward a vote in the first place, but recently...well, his patience has been running out, and already their current quest has dragged on longer than planned.
Perhaps then it's a boon that in this, they feel the same. Though their debates have never been anything less than pleasant, relief washes over him the moment it's made clear that in this they are agreed. "Trade can always be resumed in later seasons, I don't think we should give up on it entirely. But it would make sense for everyone to be on edge and worried in the wake of Safrin's departure - not just us." And, in the end, they need to take care of their own before they can extend a hand to their fellows. "I think we can agree on training soldiers for this season." Which leaves only what would best serve them after the Luck Fountain is completed.
"We can put it to a vote, but meetings often have the same voices speaking the loudest. Would you feel comfortable approaching Frey? They're often regarded as the most neutral." Harper would normally lean toward a vote in the first place, but recently...well, his patience has been running out, and already their current quest has dragged on longer than planned.
if brokenness is a form of art
I must be a poster child prodigy
I must be a poster child prodigy
