Harper
I'm as calm as a baby lamb
always being led
Harper merely tips his chin, otherwise silent. Her insight is…well, he doesn’t wish to call it naive because he envies it, but it’s completely incorrect. “I don’t. But I appreciate you think so.” His family had dwindled to two, and his boys are self-sufficient. Attempting to be there in Jude’s life again is a selfish goal, but the only one he has aside from searching for Sohalia. And if he did not act on either of those, they wouldn’t change the course of either life - or his own - in any meaningful way. He had reveled in that vast emptiness for a time, but now it feels like a chore to even keep his body moving or alive. But these are burdens he won’t place on her. Her kindness is something to bask in for a moment and then depart from. always being led
“Something is better than nothing,” he parrots back in agreement, though it rings hollow in his chest if not his voice. Idly brushing a stray bit of grass off his thigh, Harper shrugs. “Nowhere really. If you need to contact me, the best place to try is the House of Midnight.” It’s the least he can offer, though he isn’t sure what need she’ll ever have of him. Bringing himself onto one knee in preparation to leave, Harper touches the very ends of his fingertips to her knee in a brief touch before pulling himself to his feet. “If you need any help whatsoever, or if you have any news to share, please don’t hesitate to write me. I’ll be praying for your safety - for everyone’s.” Sohalia, Stormbreak and Caido at large…it may not mean much given he’s lost his way on the path of faith too, but at the end of the day it is all Harper can offer. Paltry measures meant for better men.
- Fin!
I'm as blue as blood
before the blood runs red
before the blood runs red
