"Does it have to be one or the other?" he teased back. "Can't it be both?" The fangs still sent a pang of regret through him at the reminder of what she had become, but he buried it determinedly, unwilling to ruin a perfectly pleasant spring evening with something that neither of them could change now. It had taken him time to come to terms with Ludo's revelation that even if an Ascended should regret their transformation there was no way back, but it also calmed some of that desperation he had felt to try and save his friends from the Voice's sway. Calmed it to resignation and regret... but calmed it nonetheless.
It was what he had tried to share with Sam, that he could disagree with someone's choices yet still consider them a friend, and he was more relieved than he could say that Rexanna seemed to feel similarly. He relaxed incrementally at her promise that Wessex would not be involved, though the ex-Queen's presence wouldn't have been enough for him to withdraw the Loreseekers from this proposed Council. He would have recused himself, though, knowing he could not deal with her in an unbiased manner, and given the seat to Amalia or Loren to represent the Loreseekers.
He nodded agreement at the need for sections, his lips quirking up wryly as she echoed his own declarations from the meeting, even if she chose different representatives than he would have. "We're on the same page then," he agreed easily. "Spreading out the responsibilities and the power should be all to the good of everyone. I disagreed with Maea last year over her own attempt to set up a governing council..." He sighed and shook his head. "In hindsight, I was a fool not to give her more support."
It was what he had tried to share with Sam, that he could disagree with someone's choices yet still consider them a friend, and he was more relieved than he could say that Rexanna seemed to feel similarly. He relaxed incrementally at her promise that Wessex would not be involved, though the ex-Queen's presence wouldn't have been enough for him to withdraw the Loreseekers from this proposed Council. He would have recused himself, though, knowing he could not deal with her in an unbiased manner, and given the seat to Amalia or Loren to represent the Loreseekers.
He nodded agreement at the need for sections, his lips quirking up wryly as she echoed his own declarations from the meeting, even if she chose different representatives than he would have. "We're on the same page then," he agreed easily. "Spreading out the responsibilities and the power should be all to the good of everyone. I disagreed with Maea last year over her own attempt to set up a governing council..." He sighed and shook his head. "In hindsight, I was a fool not to give her more support."
