lay your soul onto mine
"You weren't going to fail," the queen protests adoringly. "You've not failed me yet, and I doubt if you'd pick now to start." Her hands slide from his shoulders to grasp his arms lightly, grounding her words with an affectionate squeeze. "I knew what I was asking of you, and I am sorry I couldn't run it by you first. But I wouldn't have if I didn't believe it was our best shot."
As for the Tidebreaker choosing Starfall over saving her? Flora weighs the possibility only briefly, before shrugging helplessly in his arms. "Well, that would have been your choice, though...infected or not, I would still have been queen and you would've had one hell of a fight on your hands trying to kick me out, so.." Grinning despite the seriousness of his words, Flora forces herself to relax more fully away from the Tidebreaker, even if it does involve sinking several feet back into the way thanks to the difference in their heights.
"Torchline doesn't owe me anything." Gazing up at her co-ruler, the queen gives her head a soft shake. "It's the same as what you and Deimos and the rest of the demigods are doing." Risky in a different way, and only mildly more foolish; at least in Flora's oh so humble opinion.
As for the Tidebreaker choosing Starfall over saving her? Flora weighs the possibility only briefly, before shrugging helplessly in his arms. "Well, that would have been your choice, though...infected or not, I would still have been queen and you would've had one hell of a fight on your hands trying to kick me out, so.." Grinning despite the seriousness of his words, Flora forces herself to relax more fully away from the Tidebreaker, even if it does involve sinking several feet back into the way thanks to the difference in their heights.
"Torchline doesn't owe me anything." Gazing up at her co-ruler, the queen gives her head a soft shake. "It's the same as what you and Deimos and the rest of the demigods are doing." Risky in a different way, and only mildly more foolish; at least in Flora's oh so humble opinion.
