Are
As positive an outlook as the man tried to keep there was still limits to what even he could hope for, and for the newly instated queen to just waive laws of her own making had been a bit to naive, even for Are. It wasn't as he came unprepared though, because never had he let little rays of light wash away every niggling doubt, so instead he scratched his first attempt up to good practice. Of etiquette if not sound reasoning.
A sigh as he unwrapped the mental parcel he had hoped could be left stashed for a more appropriate time, not that an audience with the queen wasn't that. It was just a matter of a man growing ever more careful as his days in Caido had proven to him the worth of a still tongue at times. "The álfar have no say in the will of the gods, and neither do I." he said, leaning on the old tongue as he almost spat what the Fae was in his eyes. "I, on the other hand, has been given a task from the Shepherd, one that would take me along the Stonesong. It has been said you won't hinder the work of the gods." Are relented and told of his intent in as sparse detail as he dared, for Death itself was far more intimidating than even one called The Merciless.
A sigh as he unwrapped the mental parcel he had hoped could be left stashed for a more appropriate time, not that an audience with the queen wasn't that. It was just a matter of a man growing ever more careful as his days in Caido had proven to him the worth of a still tongue at times. "The álfar have no say in the will of the gods, and neither do I." he said, leaning on the old tongue as he almost spat what the Fae was in his eyes. "I, on the other hand, has been given a task from the Shepherd, one that would take me along the Stonesong. It has been said you won't hinder the work of the gods." Are relented and told of his intent in as sparse detail as he dared, for Death itself was far more intimidating than even one called The Merciless.
