cruel summer

yes other hearts were broken & other dreams ran dry

but our golden ones sail on and on

Remi watched Ianto's fingers working on the pipe with a quiet thrill, the ministrations of the fox when it came to pipes and the like always drawing the alchemist's eye and interest. "The blight has spread to others in the Grounds." Remi said, almost as an afterthought, unsure just what the fox knew or how much he even cared to know. "In some it is quite bad." Some of course being Ronin, but perhaps that didn't need saying. "With less than a season to live. I thought perhaps—"

Falling utterly silent as his once-friend mentioned that Aoife's charm was linked to Arduinna's core, Remi's teeth clicked together as he squeezed his eyes closed. "So.." So Aoife's safety was inexorably intertwined with Arduinna's. Gods that figured. Biting his cheek as he opened his eyes wearily, Remi nodded.

"Do you think I would have anything she'd want?" The alchemist asked carefully, knowing that unlike last time he'd bartered with Arduinna and offered up anything in return for the fox's freedom, he was no longer in a position to do so.

Remi

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