I shouldn't laugh, but I know I'm a failure in your eyes
Ronin flies and he flies hard, wings spreading from his shoulders and catching the nearest updraft before he even realises which ocean the houseboat is bobbing around in. With Flora clutched to his chest like something infinitely sacred and precious, it's with only a small and guilty glance back towards where he knows his husband is still fighting it out that he sets his eyes on the horizon and - blessedly - Torchline sparkling in the distance.
Having travelled much farther over the past couple of weeks alone, the flight back to familiar shores is a relatively smooth one, even if stars are shining brightly overhead by the time he lands at the Northaven, the islands relatively sleepy even if they are never particularly quiet. It's as much the middle of the night as it gets for the region, which is why Ronin wastes little time in ducking through the front door to carry Flora to the bed she'd woken up in not long ago after what had happened in the Greatwood.
The only difference this time, of course, is that she's merely sleeping. And he doesn't dare wake her, not until she's good and ready, the Knight spending his time making something strong and caffeinated since he plans to stay awake until daybreak.
Having travelled much farther over the past couple of weeks alone, the flight back to familiar shores is a relatively smooth one, even if stars are shining brightly overhead by the time he lands at the Northaven, the islands relatively sleepy even if they are never particularly quiet. It's as much the middle of the night as it gets for the region, which is why Ronin wastes little time in ducking through the front door to carry Flora to the bed she'd woken up in not long ago after what had happened in the Greatwood.
The only difference this time, of course, is that she's merely sleeping. And he doesn't dare wake her, not until she's good and ready, the Knight spending his time making something strong and caffeinated since he plans to stay awake until daybreak.
RONIN
