we shall heal our wounds, collect our dead
"Believe me," says Ronin, "I'd be carrying it if I could. Especially seeing how much weight is on your shoulders." His smile is a sad thing, and he looks less like a retired demigod and more like one hobbled, tied down by circumstance and bound by promises. Still, taking one last (and belated) sip of his tea, he steps away from Flora properly and rolls shoulders made stiff from being crunched up to paint the houseboat interior.
"You're not wrong," he agrees, about his abilities and the point of them. "But you being more useful temporarily dead might mean that someone fighting on Starfall is permanently dead as a result. It's a balancing act - and it's why it's so important for people to communicate and plan things together. Something I'm sure you're learning as well, with all those big important meetings you're forced to attend now." A ghost of a smile curls at his lips.
If she wants to scurry out of the boat he won't stop her, but if not, Ronin crosses back to his paint and sits himself down by the window regardless. "You want something like this?" he wonders, of her boat. "Or more like a sailboat? My only caveat is you need to learn how to sail it if so. It's bad enough your brother not knowing how to pilot."
"You're not wrong," he agrees, about his abilities and the point of them. "But you being more useful temporarily dead might mean that someone fighting on Starfall is permanently dead as a result. It's a balancing act - and it's why it's so important for people to communicate and plan things together. Something I'm sure you're learning as well, with all those big important meetings you're forced to attend now." A ghost of a smile curls at his lips.
If she wants to scurry out of the boat he won't stop her, but if not, Ronin crosses back to his paint and sits himself down by the window regardless. "You want something like this?" he wonders, of her boat. "Or more like a sailboat? My only caveat is you need to learn how to sail it if so. It's bad enough your brother not knowing how to pilot."
THE WHITE KNIGHT
and continue fighting
