Next LongNight was a long swim away, but if they were in a place where they could find time to relax and let their not-so-proverbial hair down for a bit, Hadama was more than willing to give his co-ruler free reign with his foundation for the party.
A few more pieces of trash found their way into the bag as Flora laid on the flattery, though for a moment he seemed to be waiting to hear that he was the 'drunk and troublemaker' that had brought down the stereotype. "It was your fathers who created the canals," he protested mildly, but he inclined his head deeply in acknowledgment of the rest. They were accomplishments he was proud of, and to hear Flora list them with admiration did a great deal to soothe the rough edges off of their current task of picking up after littering Torchers.
But when it came time for him to return a little teasing she proved that she had an impressive poker face of her own. And a knack for distracting him before he could follow the flickering tail of that topic into deeper waters. He straightened to stretch his back and contemplate her with far more sobriety as the tale spilled out like oil on water.
"Hmm." And that was all that he said for some time as he turned over the myriad branchings of the future she had laid out before him.
At length he sighed and met his co-ruler's eyes with his concern unhidden. "I thought that Sunjata already tried this with her? And he did not gain any information from her." A year prior, before Dahlia had bloomed into a Reaper. But the only thing that had truly changed in the intervening seasons was that the Void and Family had grown more powerful.
A few more pieces of trash found their way into the bag as Flora laid on the flattery, though for a moment he seemed to be waiting to hear that he was the 'drunk and troublemaker' that had brought down the stereotype. "It was your fathers who created the canals," he protested mildly, but he inclined his head deeply in acknowledgment of the rest. They were accomplishments he was proud of, and to hear Flora list them with admiration did a great deal to soothe the rough edges off of their current task of picking up after littering Torchers.
But when it came time for him to return a little teasing she proved that she had an impressive poker face of her own. And a knack for distracting him before he could follow the flickering tail of that topic into deeper waters. He straightened to stretch his back and contemplate her with far more sobriety as the tale spilled out like oil on water.
"Hmm." And that was all that he said for some time as he turned over the myriad branchings of the future she had laid out before him.
At length he sighed and met his co-ruler's eyes with his concern unhidden. "I thought that Sunjata already tried this with her? And he did not gain any information from her." A year prior, before Dahlia had bloomed into a Reaper. But the only thing that had truly changed in the intervening seasons was that the Void and Family had grown more powerful.
