Aurelia
"She... threatened you?" she echoed, her voice barely a whisper. Disbelief mingled with a growing sense of unease. Safrin was demanding, her favor a fickle and elusive prize. But to threaten the life of her own demigod, to use their daughter as leverage... it was a cruelty Aurelia hadn't imagined.
A surge of anger, hot and righteous, flared within her, threatening to consume her newfound composure. But she tamped it down, reminding herself that this wasn't her battle to fight. Ronin had made his choice, had found a new patron, a new path.
But, Aurelia still wrestled with the conflicting emotions, her loyalty to Safrin battling against the revulsion she felt at the goddess's actions.
"I'm glad Vi intervened," she finally said, her voice steadier now, "You deserve better than that. You deserve a god who values your loyalty and strength, not one that would... siphon it from you."
A thoughtful frown creased her brow as she bent down to throw a pile of trash into the cart. "But Safrin... she hasn't come after you? I suppose she wouldn't, since Vi is above her and all that."
"Sheesh, Ronin... Remind me to never sleep with the gods..." She cracked the darkly humored joke with a shake of her head, as she was reaching for a stray brick on the ground.
A surge of anger, hot and righteous, flared within her, threatening to consume her newfound composure. But she tamped it down, reminding herself that this wasn't her battle to fight. Ronin had made his choice, had found a new patron, a new path.
But, Aurelia still wrestled with the conflicting emotions, her loyalty to Safrin battling against the revulsion she felt at the goddess's actions.
"I'm glad Vi intervened," she finally said, her voice steadier now, "You deserve better than that. You deserve a god who values your loyalty and strength, not one that would... siphon it from you."
A thoughtful frown creased her brow as she bent down to throw a pile of trash into the cart. "But Safrin... she hasn't come after you? I suppose she wouldn't, since Vi is above her and all that."
"Sheesh, Ronin... Remind me to never sleep with the gods..." She cracked the darkly humored joke with a shake of her head, as she was reaching for a stray brick on the ground.
What is clear is what is gold
You're only human after all
You're only human after all
