RONIN
THE FALLEN STAR
“I’d recommend it. And if the middle doesn’t work, you’ve already got a system to fall back on.” Ronin winked at her; he doubted very much that it wouldn’t work, given the infectious nature of hope. What a strange road he had found himself down, he thought, turning over the philosophical with someone he had met, he thought, only a handful of times. This might have been their first real conversation, in fact. Still, Ronin saw the raw hurt that he’d held in his own heart, and he knew well where Kiada was coming from.
Still, he had been the one to offer help - he hadn’t expected it in return, however vague the remark had been. “Me? Well... my home burned to the ground, and the Monster Hunter’s Guild with it... and I recently abdicated from a throne I felt obliged to sit on.” A wry smile. It sounded like a midlife crisis, when he laid it all out like that. “Remi has been through so much, since coming to the Hollowed Grounds... we all have. I think we’re going to travel a little, from here. Whenever it’s possible, anyway.”
And what an idea that was. A soldier, Ronin had never really travelled for leisure, and the unknown was tantalising in its possibilities. (And maybe fleeing those who held them responsible for so much was part of it, but less talk about that). “I’ll still hunt monsters, I think. But I’ll not be rebuilding the guild.”
Still, he had been the one to offer help - he hadn’t expected it in return, however vague the remark had been. “Me? Well... my home burned to the ground, and the Monster Hunter’s Guild with it... and I recently abdicated from a throne I felt obliged to sit on.” A wry smile. It sounded like a midlife crisis, when he laid it all out like that. “Remi has been through so much, since coming to the Hollowed Grounds... we all have. I think we’re going to travel a little, from here. Whenever it’s possible, anyway.”
And what an idea that was. A soldier, Ronin had never really travelled for leisure, and the unknown was tantalising in its possibilities. (And maybe fleeing those who held them responsible for so much was part of it, but less talk about that). “I’ll still hunt monsters, I think. But I’ll not be rebuilding the guild.”
now don’t you lose hope
I swear I never dream that we’re alone
I swear I still believe but I don’t know
