You can’t stop the change,
any more than you can stop the suns from setting.
He accepted the reassuring hand with a smile, soft as sunlight through a curtain. His head nodded, hoping to set aside some of the guilt that still clung to him. "Thank you. I'm just sorry I didn't tell you sooner." Considering their friendship, it was hard to admit that he hadn't sought him out to tell him of everything; it wasn't exactly something he'd been shouting from the rooftops, but his friend deserved to know.
Listening to the task, Zavien didn't hesitate to accept. "I think that's a reasonable request that I can manage. I have a friend in mind who might be able to assist." Whether or not Tal was up for it, he would find someone to join him on the scouting. He wasn't foolish enough to traverse the infected land alone.
Not wanting Hadama to get the wrong idea, the Dragoon became serious, his spine straight with steely determination. "I don't plan to stand down, but if it ever becomes an issue, I wanted you to know." It wasn't a scared man plagued by trauma, but a soldier who'd walked from death that met his eyes, willing himself to become what he needed to be - to protect those he cared about.
Listening to the task, Zavien didn't hesitate to accept. "I think that's a reasonable request that I can manage. I have a friend in mind who might be able to assist." Whether or not Tal was up for it, he would find someone to join him on the scouting. He wasn't foolish enough to traverse the infected land alone.
Not wanting Hadama to get the wrong idea, the Dragoon became serious, his spine straight with steely determination. "I don't plan to stand down, but if it ever becomes an issue, I wanted you to know." It wasn't a scared man plagued by trauma, but a soldier who'd walked from death that met his eyes, willing himself to become what he needed to be - to protect those he cared about.
Zavien
