black and blue bird [se] [open]

it doesn't matter where you roam, when no one's left to call you home

"With neither judge nor jury, who's to say?" Remi quipped back, though his tone suggested he did agree with her. It was one of the things he thought most in need of change here, but as one man, he could do little about it. Still, the number of women raped, the murders gone unpunished, and thieves constantly filling their pockets cried out for justice of some sort.

"Oh, a bit of this and a bit of that. I...was once a weapons creator, but mostly now I'm an alchemist. I help out where I can." Murdering sailors for Ludo, fixing windows for Raza. All in a day's work."

Tilting his head in a rather reluctant gesture, the alchemist sighed softly. "I'll not pretend to tell you how to do your job and trust you to make your own impressions but...Yes, the Grounds have had..." Remi counted silently: Zariah, Edy, Jigano, Wessex, Ronin...Rexanna? "..6 different rulers in the last two years? The current queen, Rexanna, has a good head on her shoulders though and experience with ruling. I think she is keen to keep the peace, for whatever that is worth to you."

i might have strained a bit too far, i'm countin' all the moonlit stars