The option of trading with another region brought another pause to the conversation as Hadama considered the choices available to them. He finally nodded slowly as he put his thoughts in order and gave voice to them. "Halo... is not a good option right now." Though it pained him to not extend a hand to Evie in her rulership of the region. "Ice does not damage the Void." There might be other threats beyond the Void some day, but at the moment he preferred to focus on the immediate problem. "And I will not ask you to deal with Danta again." Last he had heard, they were choosing not to declare war on the Grounds only by Flora's patience and maturity over something the Maverick had done to her. "Increasing the strength of our healing items would be best. Let us continue trading with King's End," he decided with a final nod on the subject.
But the discussion of gods and protections yielded an unexpected catch and steely brows rose, first in surprise and then at the teasing. He put on his most stoic expression, solemn and serious.
And then he flipped his flukes to send a splash of water towards his Queen. "I could be convinced," he informed her, emerald eyes twinkling with the laughter he kept inside, at least until the revelation of Flora's new beau gave him a far less lighthearted pause.
But Flora's smile seemed genuine,and that was enough for Hadama as he nodded once. "I do," he admitted to knowing how their home was. "Hmm. Do you think he will want to return to the council?" Jack had never been king - or Governor, or Archon, or whatever title he might have chosen - but he had been on the official councils of several rulers in the past. That included Hadama's, both when he had shared rulership with humans and when he had ruled alone.
But the discussion of gods and protections yielded an unexpected catch and steely brows rose, first in surprise and then at the teasing. He put on his most stoic expression, solemn and serious.
And then he flipped his flukes to send a splash of water towards his Queen. "I could be convinced," he informed her, emerald eyes twinkling with the laughter he kept inside, at least until the revelation of Flora's new beau gave him a far less lighthearted pause.
But Flora's smile seemed genuine,and that was enough for Hadama as he nodded once. "I do," he admitted to knowing how their home was. "Hmm. Do you think he will want to return to the council?" Jack had never been king - or Governor, or Archon, or whatever title he might have chosen - but he had been on the official councils of several rulers in the past. That included Hadama's, both when he had shared rulership with humans and when he had ruled alone.
