It was simple truth; both his words and Safrin's, and his lips curved in contentment beneath her purring praise that he made no effort to protest.
Her fingers shifted so that he could hold their softness more easily against his skin, her touch a wellspring of light from which he drew strength and renewed purpose. If the world had permitted it he could have knelt in the circle of her approval in contented silence until her duties called her elsewhere, but their current circumstances were too dire for him to fully indulge his quiet selfishness. Instead he drew a breath of starlight and petrichor to steel him for his own duties to Torchline and to Caido, asking his question of protection.
The answer was one that brought the thoughtfulness back to his eyes and he looked up at his lady as she enumerated certain unforeseen pitfalls. "Mmh. A two-edged blade," he agreed, thinking of Noah and Flora in particular. "Will any part of Starfall work?" A rock, a flower, a scale from a dragon? Or would only a Void Crystal do? And then a second thought struck him, her wording giving him pause. "Is Vox a being of illusion?"
Her fingers shifted so that he could hold their softness more easily against his skin, her touch a wellspring of light from which he drew strength and renewed purpose. If the world had permitted it he could have knelt in the circle of her approval in contented silence until her duties called her elsewhere, but their current circumstances were too dire for him to fully indulge his quiet selfishness. Instead he drew a breath of starlight and petrichor to steel him for his own duties to Torchline and to Caido, asking his question of protection.
The answer was one that brought the thoughtfulness back to his eyes and he looked up at his lady as she enumerated certain unforeseen pitfalls. "Mmh. A two-edged blade," he agreed, thinking of Noah and Flora in particular. "Will any part of Starfall work?" A rock, a flower, a scale from a dragon? Or would only a Void Crystal do? And then a second thought struck him, her wording giving him pause. "Is Vox a being of illusion?"
