He appreciated her honesty and her thoughtful answer, his attention remaining on her while the stone was left to spin in lonely splendor in the air between them. Wistfulness, pride, loyalty, love, and a yearning for the unknown... Hadama's serene expression softened as he nodded in understanding.
The stone made its return journey and now that he knew what game they were playing he reached with more confidence to send it coasting with slow and stately whimsy back towards the young demigoddess.
Well. Not so young anymore. Her question drew a tilt of his head as he considered it, a twinkle of humor in his eyes at the 'legs' comment. "Mmh. Not weaker," he rumbled. "Stronger, if anything. But... less resilient. As if I am still finding my new center." His gaze turned inwards as he remembered that night under the moonlight in the Sea of Glass. "There is... starlight in my bones now. It is a bit as if... hm. As if I am burning from within. There is no pain, but I am not yet strong enough to entirely withstand it."
The stone made its return journey and now that he knew what game they were playing he reached with more confidence to send it coasting with slow and stately whimsy back towards the young demigoddess.
Well. Not so young anymore. Her question drew a tilt of his head as he considered it, a twinkle of humor in his eyes at the 'legs' comment. "Mmh. Not weaker," he rumbled. "Stronger, if anything. But... less resilient. As if I am still finding my new center." His gaze turned inwards as he remembered that night under the moonlight in the Sea of Glass. "There is... starlight in my bones now. It is a bit as if... hm. As if I am burning from within. There is no pain, but I am not yet strong enough to entirely withstand it."
