Knowing the importance of her job and how busy she must be, he had not intended to keep the Caretaker if she needed to be on her way. It was gratifying, then, when she chose to linger a while with him in the gentle twilight - though both the Messenger and Mittens were not precisely a relaxing background to their conversation. He would far rather that the companion send the Void-touched bird on its way, however; the sound of indignant croaking was far preferable to its earlier whispers of doom.
Her question was met with a warming of his emerald eyes as he turned his attention back to her and inclined his head in confirmation. "Yes." And this time his pause was less extended as he put his thoughts in order. "The Void-creatures can no longer enter Haulani or the Arclight. And we are working to protect our coast as well." Flora's recent gamble with the Reaper, however, drew a more solemn admission from the King. "Though even Rae and Vi cannot keep the Family from entering."
Her courtesy was met with a nod of satisfaction, but with the offer to help her patients acknowledged he focused on the Caretaker herself. He tilted his head to the side as he studied her briefly before looking back to Mittens and the chase. "How are you? I have been... concerned. After what has happened in the Feverlands and Oerwoud. That Stormbreak was less safe now."
Her question was met with a warming of his emerald eyes as he turned his attention back to her and inclined his head in confirmation. "Yes." And this time his pause was less extended as he put his thoughts in order. "The Void-creatures can no longer enter Haulani or the Arclight. And we are working to protect our coast as well." Flora's recent gamble with the Reaper, however, drew a more solemn admission from the King. "Though even Rae and Vi cannot keep the Family from entering."
Her courtesy was met with a nod of satisfaction, but with the offer to help her patients acknowledged he focused on the Caretaker herself. He tilted his head to the side as he studied her briefly before looking back to Mittens and the chase. "How are you? I have been... concerned. After what has happened in the Feverlands and Oerwoud. That Stormbreak was less safe now."
