I will fight the end
He raised his eyebrows at that, not knowing (obviously) or even thinking himself important enough for her to play games and place bets with fellow gods, just for him to glimpse his daughter again. But perhaps Ronin had been too wrapped up in himself then, still - it had been easier to think of Safrin as the adversary, as someone to rail against. But starlit and bright as the world might be in her presence, the Star was beginning to learn that things were ever in shades of grey. And that wasn't a bad thing.
"A wonder that Ludo did not think to do the same for Remi," he said, quietly confused and ever more suspicious of the masked god that had taken his husband under its raggedy wing. "Thank you though, for trying."
She stepped forward and for the first time Ronin mirrored her, not knowing what he wanted to do - to pledge himself to her anew? To beg forgiveness? To reach out? All was too muddled, still. "Well," he said, "I am not carried away any longer. If you say there are things at play larger than I can hope to understand, and that Seren is an important part in it... then I cannot think badly of you for bringing her to me. I will raise her as best I know how."
"A wonder that Ludo did not think to do the same for Remi," he said, quietly confused and ever more suspicious of the masked god that had taken his husband under its raggedy wing. "Thank you though, for trying."
She stepped forward and for the first time Ronin mirrored her, not knowing what he wanted to do - to pledge himself to her anew? To beg forgiveness? To reach out? All was too muddled, still. "Well," he said, "I am not carried away any longer. If you say there are things at play larger than I can hope to understand, and that Seren is an important part in it... then I cannot think badly of you for bringing her to me. I will raise her as best I know how."
'til the end is here
