she loved him and he loved her
"Well of course - can't have Torchline ruffians trying to move to Stormbreak. Imagine the chaos of it." he said with a chuckle, flipping his cigarette through his fingers. More importantly their home relied on the other areas of Caido for various things. To lose it all would be detrimental to them as well. But it was much easier to poke fun than to be candid and serious. It wasn't like Cian was around to damper the mood after all.
Dorian merely nodded in acknowledgement to his apology, blue eyes gazing at the horizon. He did not answer the Fixer's question immediately. He finished off his cigarette instead, exhaling a steady stream of smoke as he cushed it out against the pier post and flicked it into the ocean. "Does a festering wound ever heal, my dear Gildenstern? One for which there is no treatment or cure?" he asked, a wry smile tugging on his lips. Finally, he shook his head slowly. "But it matters not. I do not speak of it because it is easy. I speak of it because it is necessary." And there was not a think the Orator would not do to advance their cause.
Dorian merely nodded in acknowledgement to his apology, blue eyes gazing at the horizon. He did not answer the Fixer's question immediately. He finished off his cigarette instead, exhaling a steady stream of smoke as he cushed it out against the pier post and flicked it into the ocean. "Does a festering wound ever heal, my dear Gildenstern? One for which there is no treatment or cure?" he asked, a wry smile tugging on his lips. Finally, he shook his head slowly. "But it matters not. I do not speak of it because it is easy. I speak of it because it is necessary." And there was not a think the Orator would not do to advance their cause.
The Orator
but it wasn't that simple
