He inclined his head slightly to the side in acknowledgment of her brother, a man he'd never known and could not judge. But the rest... "Mmh." A noncommittal answer at best, the faintest of shadows between his brows conveying his disagreement though he did not attempt to make a list of anyone's sins. Not even his own. He watched her begin to pace, and his silence was rewarded a moment later as she spoke again.
He noted as she wound herself tighter and tighter around her self-recriminations, pulling her unhappiness stubbornly around herself like a favorite cloak. He remained seated, stillness to her motion, and waited until she had finished. Emerald eyes considered the enigma that was the Ancient nee Ascended, once Abandoned, remembering...
A past that would never return. A night that had in the end been fleeting and as ethereal as a cherry blossom on the wind. Warmth that had turned to ash in the seasons since they had defied Dahlia in the basement of the Atheneum.
"What do you wish to do now?"
He noted as she wound herself tighter and tighter around her self-recriminations, pulling her unhappiness stubbornly around herself like a favorite cloak. He remained seated, stillness to her motion, and waited until she had finished. Emerald eyes considered the enigma that was the Ancient nee Ascended, once Abandoned, remembering...
A past that would never return. A night that had in the end been fleeting and as ethereal as a cherry blossom on the wind. Warmth that had turned to ash in the seasons since they had defied Dahlia in the basement of the Atheneum.
"What do you wish to do now?"
