we shall heal our wounds, collect our dead
"Oh, she tried to kill me towards the end too!" Ronin says, grinning and taking a long sip of his wine as if he's managed to join some kind of prestigious club. "Granted, it would have been a pathetically slow, drawn out death, but..." Wrinkling his nose and shrugging, it's neither here nor there now, he supposes. "You're welcome," he adds in a quieter voice to Sunjata. "And Remi is right, though I guess you had to unfortunate pleasure of seeing it first hand." When he'd revived Mel, of course.
Talk turns to Hotaru's message and Ascended souls, and Ronin - following another sip of wine (it's very good) - shifts to let his arm slip around the Bastion, suddenly feeling as if he might understand a mere fraction of the Flood's loss just by imagining what it would be like not to be able to perform this simple act of affection again towards Remi. "Perhaps he also doesn't want to cause you any more pain, if you are starting to heal," he hazards gently, though the shake of his head says he doesn't wish to speculate or put words in the Ranger's mouth, even now that he resides within Mort's halls.
He doesn't add anything to the offer given when Vai's name leaves Remi's lips, though his warm smile is just as pleased, for both his husband and for the Flood, should he decide to see the witch again.
Talk turns to Hotaru's message and Ascended souls, and Ronin - following another sip of wine (it's very good) - shifts to let his arm slip around the Bastion, suddenly feeling as if he might understand a mere fraction of the Flood's loss just by imagining what it would be like not to be able to perform this simple act of affection again towards Remi. "Perhaps he also doesn't want to cause you any more pain, if you are starting to heal," he hazards gently, though the shake of his head says he doesn't wish to speculate or put words in the Ranger's mouth, even now that he resides within Mort's halls.
He doesn't add anything to the offer given when Vai's name leaves Remi's lips, though his warm smile is just as pleased, for both his husband and for the Flood, should he decide to see the witch again.
THE WHITE KNIGHT
and continue fighting
