we shall heal our wounds, collect our dead
Unable to really tell whether Aurelia's stiffness is due to his embrace or the fact that he's also tried to spin her in a circle, Ronin sets the Fireheart down gently enough, his expression open and curious as she starts to explain. "Ah," he says, with all the understanding of a man who once destroyed the Temple in the Hollowed Grounds as a springboard for healing and self-reflection. "Well, I'm very glad you made it out before the void properly took over, even if you weren't entirely done healing yet."
The void - he so casually says the name these days, the Knight unable to say exactly when it had become so common-place. "We can't say how things might have gone in the past," he interjects softly. Perhaps Aurelia would have made a difference, perhaps she wouldn't. It's still over now either way. "But I for one would be proud to have you hear while we figure this new thing out."
Leaning in to plant a brotherly kiss against her crown, he hopes he doesn't need to speak it out loud for her to know that he knows that sort of anger, that bitterness and grief. And he can still stand here with a smile, playing soccer with Torchline's children. "Every little helps, if you want to start right away," he adds with a lopsided smile. "Up here especially there's still a lot of trash and debris left over from Longnight, if you can believe it."
The void - he so casually says the name these days, the Knight unable to say exactly when it had become so common-place. "We can't say how things might have gone in the past," he interjects softly. Perhaps Aurelia would have made a difference, perhaps she wouldn't. It's still over now either way. "But I for one would be proud to have you hear while we figure this new thing out."
Leaning in to plant a brotherly kiss against her crown, he hopes he doesn't need to speak it out loud for her to know that he knows that sort of anger, that bitterness and grief. And he can still stand here with a smile, playing soccer with Torchline's children. "Every little helps, if you want to start right away," he adds with a lopsided smile. "Up here especially there's still a lot of trash and debris left over from Longnight, if you can believe it."
THE WHITE KNIGHT
and continue fighting
