ZARIAH
I haven't been falling all this time - I've been flying
Zariah smiled, seeing his eyes welled with tears. Clearly he had been pushed to his limit, the sign that she had to change tactics once more. As he worked on changing the stones to what she needed them to be, collecting them from him in silence, she softened her features. "Oh, Remi." she said with a sigh, as if she were a mother, tired of a child's antics and misunderstandings of situations beyond their comprehension. Quietly she pocketed the newly made items, pleased he had obliged, if with a little prompting.
"Since I am letting you in on secrets, I shall let you in on another." she said, tilting her head a little. "I get very little joy in threatening you or Ronin or Aoife. Anyone really. And your defense of me warms my heart, and makes the reality of what I am forced to do all the more painful" she said, her voice soft, lacking the sharpness it usually held, as if she had capacity for untainted, human emotion. "I am in a tough position. This place needs order, but they do not realize it. Those who do not like me would act against me and those, they would do you and Ronin and Aoife harm simply for spite. I have no wish to harm those who had served me well - but if there is doubt that you will turn against me, what choice do you leave me Remi? It is the unfortunate reality of politics." she said, a hint of sorrow in her tone.
"I apologize. I should not have gone so far with you. Ronin and Aoife will indeed be unharmed, as they are so close to my most reliable ally" she said, sounding fully sincere in her tone.
"Since I am letting you in on secrets, I shall let you in on another." she said, tilting her head a little. "I get very little joy in threatening you or Ronin or Aoife. Anyone really. And your defense of me warms my heart, and makes the reality of what I am forced to do all the more painful" she said, her voice soft, lacking the sharpness it usually held, as if she had capacity for untainted, human emotion. "I am in a tough position. This place needs order, but they do not realize it. Those who do not like me would act against me and those, they would do you and Ronin and Aoife harm simply for spite. I have no wish to harm those who had served me well - but if there is doubt that you will turn against me, what choice do you leave me Remi? It is the unfortunate reality of politics." she said, a hint of sorrow in her tone.
"I apologize. I should not have gone so far with you. Ronin and Aoife will indeed be unharmed, as they are so close to my most reliable ally" she said, sounding fully sincere in her tone.
