LOREN
Seeing as Loren hadn’t actually asked Phoebe for her definition of efficient, he chose not to respond to her words. It was pretty accurate, but the question of whether or not the Launceleyns methods were efficient, well, he was not exactly unbiased about that. All he would admit was that they hadn’t been efficient for him. And he wouldn’t even admit that much to the healer.
As she recounted why she needed some wilderness skills, a haunted expression crossed his features. ”I see. And I understand.” He understood the necessities of war, the terrors it brought, the cruelty it fostered, and he understood how awful it was that she’d had to learn that at such a young age. While the Launceleyn compound had never been attacked—at least, not that he’d been ever told, not that anyone told him anything—war had driven his family to the extremes they’d gone to as well. Well, that and the oath. That fucking oath.
The one good thing about Caido was that he was beholden to no one but himself. And even then he constantly tried to do things for others, neglecting his own happiness. Well, that was not a topic he wanted to talk or think about either.
There were a lot of those these days.
As she recounted why she needed some wilderness skills, a haunted expression crossed his features. ”I see. And I understand.” He understood the necessities of war, the terrors it brought, the cruelty it fostered, and he understood how awful it was that she’d had to learn that at such a young age. While the Launceleyn compound had never been attacked—at least, not that he’d been ever told, not that anyone told him anything—war had driven his family to the extremes they’d gone to as well. Well, that and the oath. That fucking oath.
The one good thing about Caido was that he was beholden to no one but himself. And even then he constantly tried to do things for others, neglecting his own happiness. Well, that was not a topic he wanted to talk or think about either.
There were a lot of those these days.
But don’t be weary if it’s broken
Families are like that—
they’re split up and always torn.
