she had magic in her eyes even the stars envied
"But it's not just your battle."
Her voice is characteristically quiet, yet there is something else there, too. Something crackles behind the words, her limited patience wearing thin, aggravation and desperation rising to the fore. Turning her ardent gaze on Ronin, she bites her lip, her face a frown as she looks for the words to make him understand.
"I grew up in a world with unspoken leadership. The best person to do a thing did it, and everything worked. Caido isn't like Northhaven. We didn't need a ruler, because we were so small.
"But we're bigger now, so we need bigger people. People who are good. Who care.
"I could tell you why I think you'd be good to lead us. But the truth is it doesn't matter." Sighing, smiling vaguely, the girl rolls a shrug. "Safrin chose you to be reborn. You have a second chance to make the world better. And Zariah... She isn't better. But getting her off her self-styled throne isn't going to be the hard part.
"That will be what comes next. And that's why we need you."
Her voice is characteristically quiet, yet there is something else there, too. Something crackles behind the words, her limited patience wearing thin, aggravation and desperation rising to the fore. Turning her ardent gaze on Ronin, she bites her lip, her face a frown as she looks for the words to make him understand.
"I grew up in a world with unspoken leadership. The best person to do a thing did it, and everything worked. Caido isn't like Northhaven. We didn't need a ruler, because we were so small.
"But we're bigger now, so we need bigger people. People who are good. Who care.
"I could tell you why I think you'd be good to lead us. But the truth is it doesn't matter." Sighing, smiling vaguely, the girl rolls a shrug. "Safrin chose you to be reborn. You have a second chance to make the world better. And Zariah... She isn't better. But getting her off her self-styled throne isn't going to be the hard part.
"That will be what comes next. And that's why we need you."
