there is always hope
"Ah, there you are. Hey Remi." Ronin smiled lopsidedly at his friend and lover, letting Sugar jump from around his shoulders to perch with the alchemist instead.
"Oh, I just had a fight with a set of stone steps. The steps won - sort of. They collapsed on me, so... I guess maybe we both lost." He was rambling, trying to straighten up at the same time and touching a hand to the back of his head, where blood had caked into his hair.
"Amalia asked for help looking for the tumbumblar in the bottom of the Spire," he explained. "I went with her, and now this. Whoops."
"Oh, I just had a fight with a set of stone steps. The steps won - sort of. They collapsed on me, so... I guess maybe we both lost." He was rambling, trying to straighten up at the same time and touching a hand to the back of his head, where blood had caked into his hair.
"Amalia asked for help looking for the tumbumblar in the bottom of the Spire," he explained. "I went with her, and now this. Whoops."