They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
It might not be. A...companion and I came upon two exiles in the mountains. They'd...slaughtered a pair of travelers and were...butchering them. Unable to keep the revulsion, horror and fear from his mind, Loren shivered from something very different from the cold.
Nodding, expression clearly reluctant, he gestured for Amalia to proceed. Go ahead. I'll cover you if things go sideways. More like when things went sideways, but he very carefully didn't mention that to her.
Sighing, he shrugged. Rubbing the back of his head, he gave her a sad look. Halo is a hard place. Food is scarce, people are crowded in the Citadel, and tempers are short. Even a small slight can escalate quickly. Sometimes people just...snap. His thoughts were tinged with a sadness and a guilt, both for the realities of his new home and that he wasn't able to help these people.
Nodding, expression clearly reluctant, he gestured for Amalia to proceed. Go ahead. I'll cover you if things go sideways. More like when things went sideways, but he very carefully didn't mention that to her.
Sighing, he shrugged. Rubbing the back of his head, he gave her a sad look. Halo is a hard place. Food is scarce, people are crowded in the Citadel, and tempers are short. Even a small slight can escalate quickly. Sometimes people just...snap. His thoughts were tinged with a sadness and a guilt, both for the realities of his new home and that he wasn't able to help these people.
LOREN
