It was unfortunate that they could not simply relax and enjoy the afternoon. Hadama, too, would have preferred a world in which he could relax and spend time with his friend. Someday, hopefully, they would have the time for such days again. But for today he had to combine his business and his pleasure, relaxing within the steamy embrace of Frey's Breath while pursuing the challenges that Safrin had set before him.
Ronin's sigh weighed heavily upon the mermanta nonetheless, and all but his breathing stilled as he accepted being the cause of such weariness upon his companion's heart. He listened, as he so often did, in respectful silence as Ronin spoke of threats and constraints, hostages and magic bound to different purposes. And in the end he nodded, letting his eyes close as he finally allowed a flick of his tail to cast a few droplets away from them. "I understand." This time the sigh came from the Tidebreaker, softer but quietly weary. "I did not know the extent of the Family's threats. You have my condolences." That Flora's death had been from her own brave actions against the Void, he had known. That it was being used as collateral against her fathers, he had not, and Hadama squeezed his eyes shut tightly before opening them again, blinking sweat from his lashes.
"However, you are more than your powers, Ronin. You are a commander. A leader. Experienced in war. Can you provide advice? Recommendations for how others may seek to eradicate the Void from our world?"
Ronin's sigh weighed heavily upon the mermanta nonetheless, and all but his breathing stilled as he accepted being the cause of such weariness upon his companion's heart. He listened, as he so often did, in respectful silence as Ronin spoke of threats and constraints, hostages and magic bound to different purposes. And in the end he nodded, letting his eyes close as he finally allowed a flick of his tail to cast a few droplets away from them. "I understand." This time the sigh came from the Tidebreaker, softer but quietly weary. "I did not know the extent of the Family's threats. You have my condolences." That Flora's death had been from her own brave actions against the Void, he had known. That it was being used as collateral against her fathers, he had not, and Hadama squeezed his eyes shut tightly before opening them again, blinking sweat from his lashes.
"However, you are more than your powers, Ronin. You are a commander. A leader. Experienced in war. Can you provide advice? Recommendations for how others may seek to eradicate the Void from our world?"
