faith be my shield

Samuel Tell me little dear if you've only lived here, have you ever really lived at all? Sam listened with a frown to the news of the Spire portal, supposed it had probably been common knowledge (things that would allow them to access new parts of the world often were hard to keep under wraps) but he had been too busy in one situation or another to concentrate on it. Perhaps he had even been told. Sometimes it felt like his head forgot everything except the things that would make him feel terrible about himself. "Did...Roana say what she saw in there?" Just keep moving. He hoped he could, though sometimes it became so hard to put one foot in front of the other. "Mmm. Maybe." Remis shifting weight made him look to his shoulder, where he smiled to see the raccoon looking back at him. "Oh, I don't know. Maybe you are actually quite terrifying like this." He teased, reaching up to stroke a couple of times along Remi's head (it was odd, how easy it was to pet his attuned friends in their animal forms. Perhaps, he thought, he should have been asking if it was alright).