It's not the answer Koa wants to hear, but it's honest, and the young soldier can appreciate that. He's not a boy anymore, not a child playing at hero: he's a commander, a soldier, and the days of hiding behind easy answers are gone along with his home. Sighing, Koa nods his head in his hands. "Makes me realize how much I've taken for granted," he muses. A crooked smile casts faint illumination across his face as he looks back to Sunjata. "Guess I better really live it up when I can, huh?" Grab life by the horns and all that jazz.
The road bends, and though Koa cannot see it from the back of the wagon, the lights of New Haven are blinking into existence before them as they near the little town. Refugees and residents hustle and bustle, working together to create accommodations for the population increase. It'll warm Koa's heart significantly when he does see it, but for now he's remembered the need for a very different feeling in his chest.
Straightening and dropping his hands, Koa turns more toward Sunjata, unbuttoning the front of his uniform to reveal the moth-scale undershirt beneath. "Hey... kinda weird favor, but would you mind punching me in the chest?" He grimaces slightly, his expression wry. "It's a Ludo thing," he clarifies, which pretty much explains it all.
The road bends, and though Koa cannot see it from the back of the wagon, the lights of New Haven are blinking into existence before them as they near the little town. Refugees and residents hustle and bustle, working together to create accommodations for the population increase. It'll warm Koa's heart significantly when he does see it, but for now he's remembered the need for a very different feeling in his chest.
Straightening and dropping his hands, Koa turns more toward Sunjata, unbuttoning the front of his uniform to reveal the moth-scale undershirt beneath. "Hey... kinda weird favor, but would you mind punching me in the chest?" He grimaces slightly, his expression wry. "It's a Ludo thing," he clarifies, which pretty much explains it all.
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