Noe spoke of uncertainty and Hadama nodded slowly in acknowledgment. He neither needed nor expected an easy answer to the question he posed, but merely for the engineer to start thinking about where her priorities would lie should Jude choose to move again. Whether that would be a return to Torchline, a shift to a nomadic lifestyle, or some other place the Tidebreaker could not guess. It was surprise enough that the young man had chosen Stormbreak and the Family's second stronghold on Caido.
Would he remain there if Sohalia took back her crown?
He turned his trident thoughtfully, watching the play of light over metal as the armlet sparkled beneath the surface. Judging that the tempering was enough - and that his arm could not remain at full extension much longer - he carefully withdrew his weapon and its precious charge. His shoulders relaxed with relief as blood began to flow more freely through his forearm again and he pointed the tines of his weapon away and towards the ground so they could drip freely without catching himself or Noe in the boiling drops.
"Indeed. And there is no hurry to decide." Not, at least, until the Family began moving again in earnest. And that was something they could not control. "Are there any other areas of Hak Etme you want to see while we are here?" The sands were not exactly welcoming, but Deepfrost seemed to be a less... brutal time to visit the desert, at least.
Would he remain there if Sohalia took back her crown?
He turned his trident thoughtfully, watching the play of light over metal as the armlet sparkled beneath the surface. Judging that the tempering was enough - and that his arm could not remain at full extension much longer - he carefully withdrew his weapon and its precious charge. His shoulders relaxed with relief as blood began to flow more freely through his forearm again and he pointed the tines of his weapon away and towards the ground so they could drip freely without catching himself or Noe in the boiling drops.
"Indeed. And there is no hurry to decide." Not, at least, until the Family began moving again in earnest. And that was something they could not control. "Are there any other areas of Hak Etme you want to see while we are here?" The sands were not exactly welcoming, but Deepfrost seemed to be a less... brutal time to visit the desert, at least.
