Hadama had listened, taking in Tal's caution and Melita's courage with equal gravitas. Both made points that he inclined his head to in quiet acknowledgment but in the end the unfortunate news that the Honeybee shared and the addition of the Voice of the Family to the gathering made the Messenger's paranoia both justified and pointless.
He remembered his goddess's voice as well, drawing in a slow breath and taking strength from that memory before he watchedSeren hand the sphere to Ronin. It looked... familiar, in a vague, dreamlike sort of way. The energy was alien, bearing the family's colors, and emerald eyes narrowed as he looked at it. "Did Safrin say what it is?" he rumbled quietly to the starchild. "Exactly?"
He remembered his goddess's voice as well, drawing in a slow breath and taking strength from that memory before he watched
