you've long seen your downfall, spelled out in another's bones
Not having expected to get into the mires of their strange dynamic, especially when it comes to Flora, Ronin rubs hard at his eyes and squeezes his hand around his glass of whiskey, trying to be careful not to crack it. "And then what?" he asks, unable to stop the sharpness in his tone as he's forced to drag out the full trail of breadcrumbs that keeping Flora behind the barrier will bring.
"You force her in, you make her stay. And then of Flora's loved ones are targeted - all of them. People like Koa and Sohalia, Danta and Asta, Isla, Everest, you, Hotaru - all of you are in the firing line if that happens. That's the deal she made for Dahlia's blood." He releases the glass as if afraid of it, shaking out his fingers and letting out a raw and shuddering sigh.
"I don't get to yes this time, Sunjata," he hisses out through his teeth. "And it fucking kills me. I don't know a way out of it, other than to hit that island as hard as we can with all we've got. Not unless..." He pauses, as if something quiet and dawning has just occurred to him. Sitting up on his barstool, his brows flinch together with the sudden idea. Why aren't we hitting her directly? he asks through the bond. All of us.
"You force her in, you make her stay. And then of Flora's loved ones are targeted - all of them. People like Koa and Sohalia, Danta and Asta, Isla, Everest, you, Hotaru - all of you are in the firing line if that happens. That's the deal she made for Dahlia's blood." He releases the glass as if afraid of it, shaking out his fingers and letting out a raw and shuddering sigh.
"I don't get to yes this time, Sunjata," he hisses out through his teeth. "And it fucking kills me. I don't know a way out of it, other than to hit that island as hard as we can with all we've got. Not unless..." He pauses, as if something quiet and dawning has just occurred to him. Sitting up on his barstool, his brows flinch together with the sudden idea. Why aren't we hitting her directly? he asks through the bond. All of us.
RONIN
