and the only solution was to stand and fight
If she were to do it again, hopefully it would be under very different circumstances, and she’d be alone, getting herself killed instead of multitudes. “But had no means to stop her. None of us did.” His jaw clenched tightly, eyes going back over to the surroundings, the whistle of the winds blasting over cliff faces and rocks, feeling the cold, frigid anger building in his chest. They’d been the ones who’d had to build the pretenses, the walls, the fortifications of absolutely nothing into something while she vanished with Hadama, striving to evade the situation she’d caused.
His gaze rounded back upon her, indulgent in his nonchalance, and indifferent to the meaningless and impulsive notions flickering around him. “So you gathered us there, irritated and denied her entry, and then proceeded to leave us with her – and you find no issue with that?” Some diplomat – he could remember days where Maea had ached to lead the Grounds, and based upon her bureaucratic notions at the moment, he was glad it had never come to fruition. Zariah had been an unrelenting menace, but gods, this was abysmal just the same. “Who is to say the repercussions would have been solely on you?”
His gaze rounded back upon her, indulgent in his nonchalance, and indifferent to the meaningless and impulsive notions flickering around him. “So you gathered us there, irritated and denied her entry, and then proceeded to leave us with her – and you find no issue with that?” Some diplomat – he could remember days where Maea had ached to lead the Grounds, and based upon her bureaucratic notions at the moment, he was glad it had never come to fruition. Zariah had been an unrelenting menace, but gods, this was abysmal just the same. “Who is to say the repercussions would have been solely on you?”
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