maybe who we were then is shattered, but who we are in the end is what matters
Betrayal. It's a notion that forces a scoff from her lips, maelstrom of emotions pressing against the icy, pristine surface of her composure. What does Morgan know of it? And to compare Deimos' actions - which could easily be viewed in a positive light if she wished - to grander betrayals like Neron's Ascension? It feels like a spit in the face, and the words had not even been for her ears. "Such an intense word, and yet she welcomed Neron into her bed after her Ascension, and changed all of Halo's official stance upon becoming Warden." Vitriol spills from her lips, but she is tender when Zuriel's warm breath washes over her cheek and stirs her golden hair.
"One perceived mistake and she cannot afford you?" Hotaru's voice rises an octave in her disbelief. "So instead she dismisses her best and only General, weakens her council and military in one fell swoop, and ensures your bitterness by demeaning you?" Ru is astounded by the shortsightedness of the choice, but she is not the same type of ruler clearly. That the woman had gone on to lie is merely the cherry on top of it all. "What do you think should be done?" It's a slightly more tentative question, though concealed enough that only he would notice with how he can read her. "With Safrin's demands, and the war..."
"One perceived mistake and she cannot afford you?" Hotaru's voice rises an octave in her disbelief. "So instead she dismisses her best and only General, weakens her council and military in one fell swoop, and ensures your bitterness by demeaning you?" Ru is astounded by the shortsightedness of the choice, but she is not the same type of ruler clearly. That the woman had gone on to lie is merely the cherry on top of it all. "What do you think should be done?" It's a slightly more tentative question, though concealed enough that only he would notice with how he can read her. "With Safrin's demands, and the war..."
