sometimes love is all that can save us, sometimes love can kill a man
Remi gave the summoner a long and almost reproachful look. No impact on others, hmm? Ouch. Selfishly the alchemist wanted to hope he fell into the at least usually camp, but the longer Loren spoke and the more of him sneaked past the summoners careful facade, the less he thought it was true. But it didn't matter. Remi had said what he'd needed to. "What they think of you does not matter. Or so I am learning with children." He said with a crooked smile. Already Aoife had developed an attitude that included quite a lot of hitting and curse words. "But that does not matter. Not when they are family. You have to keep them safe, and happy, and loved."
Softening instantly as Loren's voice shrank to a whisper, the alchemist merely nodded silently. "I have experienced more of this world than you, so take my word on this: you do not always get the change to show everyone how you feel." He hadn't had the chance to show Loren. Hadn't had the chance to show Ronin before he was obliterated. "Sometimes words are all there is time for." A nearly inaudible I love you, in a pit, blood everywhere. But at the time, it was all Remi had.
Pulling back limply and running a hand across runny eyes, Remi tried to pull in another breath and failed. "There..there's more." So saying he exhaled a guttural half-sob, as the air shimmered.
"They..the bodies disappear. They take them." Remi whispered softly.
Softening instantly as Loren's voice shrank to a whisper, the alchemist merely nodded silently. "I have experienced more of this world than you, so take my word on this: you do not always get the change to show everyone how you feel." He hadn't had the chance to show Loren. Hadn't had the chance to show Ronin before he was obliterated. "Sometimes words are all there is time for." A nearly inaudible I love you, in a pit, blood everywhere. But at the time, it was all Remi had.
Pulling back limply and running a hand across runny eyes, Remi tried to pull in another breath and failed. "There..there's more." So saying he exhaled a guttural half-sob, as the air shimmered.
- A luxere fallen in the snow, blackened sludge pouring from its mouth. Sam, Isla, Kiada, Caiside...it broke the luxere apart, racing towards them. There was fire, Sam fled into the night, Kiada and Caiside..black against the elk's antlers. It had been ice, not fire that had proved victorious, and later when Remi had arrived with Ludo, the bodies were gone.
"They..the bodies disappear. They take them." Remi whispered softly.
- The Rathskeller door furiously banging and then flying open. Faceless things in the dark. Fire, earth, strength, everything they had. Doors slammed shut and barricades closed.
The winter-blue of darkest midnight; one set of foot prints but two bodies. One whose weight crunched against the snow, the other whose weight crunched against your soul. Teeth floating in a void. Needles through a spine so fast there wasn't even time to scream. Not even time for the snow to turn red.
A memory not his, of a broken perch, fire turned into ash. Faces in the darkness. Screams and shredded hearts. Fire and distraction. Distraction and fire. It burned as much as it helped.
And then finally, the Spark Bird. 10x larger than the ones Loren could create, atop the perch. Light for miles. Solace. Safety.
sometimes love is a soft touch, or a line drawn in the sand
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
