BASTIEN
While Bastien knew what Wessex had to say was true, he felt absolutely and completely alone in the moment. Azrael, while he loved them dearly and would protect them with his life, was not the same as having a companion like a wife; someone he could be vulnerable with, someone who he could trust to always be on his team. Sadly, he didn't think he could say that for any of his Ascended family, either.
Perhaps in the months to come, he'd have to lean into them more. It was more of a connection than he had anywhere else.
He watched Wessex carefully as she got closer, finding himself oddly anxious about anyone getting too close to Rex, a protectiveness he'd never really known himself to have in her life flaring up in him. It was selfish and he knew that so he said nothing, just kept his eyes firmly on his wife's still form. "..That door...Deimos and Samuel. Deimos, well. His wife is one of the biggest devotees to Safrin I know, so I cannot be entirely surprised -- but Samuel? He is one of our family. Why would he provide the fluid for the death trap? To...to keep us in the pen like animals with a barbed fence."
Perhaps in the months to come, he'd have to lean into them more. It was more of a connection than he had anywhere else.
He watched Wessex carefully as she got closer, finding himself oddly anxious about anyone getting too close to Rex, a protectiveness he'd never really known himself to have in her life flaring up in him. It was selfish and he knew that so he said nothing, just kept his eyes firmly on his wife's still form. "..That door...Deimos and Samuel. Deimos, well. His wife is one of the biggest devotees to Safrin I know, so I cannot be entirely surprised -- but Samuel? He is one of our family. Why would he provide the fluid for the death trap? To...to keep us in the pen like animals with a barbed fence."
You standing beside me
I'm going to push back, push back, push back
With every word and every breath
I'm going to push back, push back, push back
With every word and every breath
