I shouldn't laugh, but I know I'm a failure in your eyes
"I don't know yet," Ronin says with an honest shrug. "Until she's cured she won't speak to anyone about what happened. With Sunjata it was all the way back from when he invited Dahlia to meet him at the Refuge." To see whether the sanctuary would block her abilities the same way it blocked everyone else's. How long ago had that been - two seasons? More?
And surprisingly, despite Flora's shakiness, the Knight is inclined to agree with his daughter about Hotaru. "I don't think she would either. But she might have taken you to The Family because she thought it would keep you safe." Given that her supposed meddling had been the cause of her murder by those same individuals and all that, but even as he says it, Ronin's gaze is darkening a fraction with his temper. "Flora..."
Shifting to get himself properly on the bed, though he hesitates to reach for the Doubletake lest she flinch away, he does raise an arm in an offer for her to sit with him. "If I've got it wrong then she'll be fine when she goes to those hotsprings," he says gently. "And you'll have to wait for an explanation for her directly. Because she did take you, Flora. It's why you're here right now."
And surprisingly, despite Flora's shakiness, the Knight is inclined to agree with his daughter about Hotaru. "I don't think she would either. But she might have taken you to The Family because she thought it would keep you safe." Given that her supposed meddling had been the cause of her murder by those same individuals and all that, but even as he says it, Ronin's gaze is darkening a fraction with his temper. "Flora..."
Shifting to get himself properly on the bed, though he hesitates to reach for the Doubletake lest she flinch away, he does raise an arm in an offer for her to sit with him. "If I've got it wrong then she'll be fine when she goes to those hotsprings," he says gently. "And you'll have to wait for an explanation for her directly. Because she did take you, Flora. It's why you're here right now."
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