"Mmn. If it would not be unbecoming of a King, I would be tempted to take my sister's fiancee as bait," he informed Flora with all the solemn gravity of a state secret. Trying, perhaps, to coax her smile a little higher, or startle a true laugh from her tense and angry eyes.
But he had more concrete plans as well. Ones he shared freely with his co-ruler, well aware that every time he took up arms against the Family might be the step too far. The slap that broke the strange, whisper-thin ribbon that held them back from open violence against even more of Caido's residents after their... demonstration against Flora and Jack. And his own plans to prepare for that day.
"Improving my gravity spikes further. I need to train more with them. To use them to their limit." He tilted his head at her, a spark of his own glinting in emerald eyes. "I could use a partner."
Even if she brushed her death off it still sobered Hadama. He did not argue with her, but the his gaze was concerned - sentimental, even - in spite of her insistence to the contrary. But he inclined his head in slow acknowledgment of her wishes. "Ronin may be... relieved... to hear that." A cautious statement, and he held up a hand to indicate his lack of certainty about it. "I believe that he would return to the fight if he felt that he could. Have you told them this?"
He had not expected her to support his challenge of the Reaper and he snorted softly upon realizing that she knew him too well now for his dry statements to always catch her off guard. "It would be... unfortunate if she thought I was flirting with her," he admitted, tilting his head to Flora in acknowledgment of the point she had just scored. "Though I was considering something similar for this 'pool party.' Would it help if I distracted him for you?"
But he had more concrete plans as well. Ones he shared freely with his co-ruler, well aware that every time he took up arms against the Family might be the step too far. The slap that broke the strange, whisper-thin ribbon that held them back from open violence against even more of Caido's residents after their... demonstration against Flora and Jack. And his own plans to prepare for that day.
"Improving my gravity spikes further. I need to train more with them. To use them to their limit." He tilted his head at her, a spark of his own glinting in emerald eyes. "I could use a partner."
Even if she brushed her death off it still sobered Hadama. He did not argue with her, but the his gaze was concerned - sentimental, even - in spite of her insistence to the contrary. But he inclined his head in slow acknowledgment of her wishes. "Ronin may be... relieved... to hear that." A cautious statement, and he held up a hand to indicate his lack of certainty about it. "I believe that he would return to the fight if he felt that he could. Have you told them this?"
He had not expected her to support his challenge of the Reaper and he snorted softly upon realizing that she knew him too well now for his dry statements to always catch her off guard. "It would be... unfortunate if she thought I was flirting with her," he admitted, tilting his head to Flora in acknowledgment of the point she had just scored. "Though I was considering something similar for this 'pool party.' Would it help if I distracted him for you?"
