HOTARU
She's in a long black coat tonight
Waiting for me in the downpour outside
Waiting for me in the downpour outside
She feeds on his rage, two currents on a single wire. His injustices are her own, his burdens heavy on her shoulders. Hotaru knows intimately how he dreads the notion of leading once more, and it spurns a sour sickness in her stomach that Morgan had thrust the task on the General of all people. “Her devotion to him is telling, then. Safrin has good reason to fear Halo’s allegiance. Her stance has shifted drastically in a short time.” When the portal to Halo had first been opened, the Warden had been the staunchest anti-Ascended proponent of them all. What would a few more seasons do to her judgement? “And as the former Warden and an Ascended, I’m sure he has ties of his own.” Hotaru knows little of Neron, but if he has any brains or is anything like herself, his deposition would not have weakened his hold too much if he didn’t let it.
Already her mind is leagues ahead, and a sparse blossom of fondness and appreciation blooms when she turns her head and he is right there with her. Already knowing where she has gone and following at her side. Intrinsically bound as they have always been. “If she tries to banish you, I will challenge her for her crown before you can step foot out the gates,” she swears, eyes narrowing. It is a threat to the Warden as well as the General. Urging him to fight for his right to remain so that her own hand would not be forced. “Will you try and convince her then? She will not step down willingly, and she is too conflicted and ashamed to give an honest answer about her loyalties.” Hotaru had seen it firsthand in her spa. Morgan was lying to herself, and she would perpetuate that lie should Deimos confront her on Safrin’s orders.
Already her mind is leagues ahead, and a sparse blossom of fondness and appreciation blooms when she turns her head and he is right there with her. Already knowing where she has gone and following at her side. Intrinsically bound as they have always been. “If she tries to banish you, I will challenge her for her crown before you can step foot out the gates,” she swears, eyes narrowing. It is a threat to the Warden as well as the General. Urging him to fight for his right to remain so that her own hand would not be forced. “Will you try and convince her then? She will not step down willingly, and she is too conflicted and ashamed to give an honest answer about her loyalties.” Hotaru had seen it firsthand in her spa. Morgan was lying to herself, and she would perpetuate that lie should Deimos confront her on Safrin’s orders.
singing "Baby come home" in a melody of tears
While the rhythm of the rain keeps time
While the rhythm of the rain keeps time
