we shall heal our wounds, collect our dead
Ronin's projection returns easily enough with the cart, the Knight depositing his rubbish into it. They might still be able to burn that, but he doubts the surrounding Torchers would enjoy them doing it here in this peaceful little plaza. Continuing to work around the debris to gather it up, he can't help but raise his eyebrows at Aurelia's outright questioning - he doesn't think anyone has actually asked him directly about it.
"She lied to me about something very important," he says quietly. "And then threatened to kill me. Not in so many words, of course - I think her exact phrasing was that I would help to grow my daughter Seren's strength. But however much stronger she became, I would grow weaker, until..." He shrugs. It's easy enough to imagine. "I would have done it - I didn't have a choice - but Vi intervened on my behalf and took me out from under her patronage."
He owes the God of Life everything, and he doesn't take a single day for granted now. Whether Safrin is furious or not - and he has no doubt that she is - quite frankly isn't his business any longer.
"She lied to me about something very important," he says quietly. "And then threatened to kill me. Not in so many words, of course - I think her exact phrasing was that I would help to grow my daughter Seren's strength. But however much stronger she became, I would grow weaker, until..." He shrugs. It's easy enough to imagine. "I would have done it - I didn't have a choice - but Vi intervened on my behalf and took me out from under her patronage."
He owes the God of Life everything, and he doesn't take a single day for granted now. Whether Safrin is furious or not - and he has no doubt that she is - quite frankly isn't his business any longer.
THE WHITE KNIGHT
and continue fighting
