HARPER
"I'm glad you like it," Harper sincerely responds, feeling warm inside at the approval. He watches with eyes that widen in wonder as the toy sails up into the sky like a bobbing boat on an invisible ocean, laughing merrily in surprise. The sudden appearance of a discolored object behind a tree in the distance makes his shoulders stiffen temporarily, habitually. But he trusts this shrine, trusts in the safety he feels in Ludo's presence, though perhaps that is a naive notion.
"Hmm...we all die," he says quietly in allowance, thinking of all those he has lost. So, so many. An entire city of civilians beneath his wing that had been so quickly torn away by the mechanics of mankind. Reuniting with them would not be a terrible thing. Harper has flatlined a few times in his career, and while he'd come back every time it had certainly impressed itself upon him that you usually go peacefully and with little awareness of the world around you. "If that's my fate, at least I'll go with a bit more knowledge won't I?" The smile returns to its rightful place, flashing it at the mask in case it's the herald, still slightly unsure. "Kiada told me that her beloved's soul was in the balance, and she was fighting for it. Is that normal, here? Do spirits linger on this plane? And...and potentially ones from beyond this realm?" He hadn't meant the last question to slip out, but he just...sometimes he wishes he could know for sure that when he goes, his parents and his first love will be there to greet him on the other side.
"Hmm...we all die," he says quietly in allowance, thinking of all those he has lost. So, so many. An entire city of civilians beneath his wing that had been so quickly torn away by the mechanics of mankind. Reuniting with them would not be a terrible thing. Harper has flatlined a few times in his career, and while he'd come back every time it had certainly impressed itself upon him that you usually go peacefully and with little awareness of the world around you. "If that's my fate, at least I'll go with a bit more knowledge won't I?" The smile returns to its rightful place, flashing it at the mask in case it's the herald, still slightly unsure. "Kiada told me that her beloved's soul was in the balance, and she was fighting for it. Is that normal, here? Do spirits linger on this plane? And...and potentially ones from beyond this realm?" He hadn't meant the last question to slip out, but he just...sometimes he wishes he could know for sure that when he goes, his parents and his first love will be there to greet him on the other side.
I'll be with you each and every night
Chasing that horizon in your eyes
Chasing that horizon in your eyes
