Tryin' to wash away all the blood I've spilt
This lust is a burden that we both share
This lust is a burden that we both share
The hot springs were relaxing, and Liam was content to enjoy them, looking away to give Maea a modicum of privacy. While he sat, he searched instead for any lilies that might crop up. He'd yet to have even a semblance of luck contributing to efforts against the Family, but that didn't mean he couldn't keep trying.
At Maea's question, the soldier contemplated for a moment in silence. "I always wanted a dragon," he admitted quietly, feeling a familiar flush of shame that he hadn't been deemed worthy of one. "Sometimes, when I'm around people that have them, I'm jealous." Koa and Zavien were two examples: men who might have been brothers-in-arms, if things had been different. He'd often wondered, in his past, what he must look like to be a Dragoon without a dragon. And though he wasn't the only one without, he still contemplated what it said about him that he had never found one.
He snuck a look at Maea, who had slipped into the water beside him. She shifted a few times in what seemed to be an uncomfortable way, and Liam grasped at that rather than continue to look at his own inadequacy. "Are you alright? You seem a little uncomfortable."
At Maea's question, the soldier contemplated for a moment in silence. "I always wanted a dragon," he admitted quietly, feeling a familiar flush of shame that he hadn't been deemed worthy of one. "Sometimes, when I'm around people that have them, I'm jealous." Koa and Zavien were two examples: men who might have been brothers-in-arms, if things had been different. He'd often wondered, in his past, what he must look like to be a Dragoon without a dragon. And though he wasn't the only one without, he still contemplated what it said about him that he had never found one.
He snuck a look at Maea, who had slipped into the water beside him. She shifted a few times in what seemed to be an uncomfortable way, and Liam grasped at that rather than continue to look at his own inadequacy. "Are you alright? You seem a little uncomfortable."
Two sinners can't atone from a lone prayer
Souls tied, intertwined by our pride and guilt
Souls tied, intertwined by our pride and guilt
Liam
