Wessex almost wishes she were surprised by Morgan’s refusal, and some part of her wants to press further, but she fights the immediate protests down to a simple, white-knuckled and polite, “Principles and honor are great until you focus on them instead of the bigger picture. They do set you apart from everyone else in this stupid rat race. But they’re also a weakness if you lose because you do the right thing when everyone else is playing dirty.” Looking down at her hands, she relaxes them and inhales needlessly.
“Food for future thought, perhaps. I don’t mean it as a criticism of you - more about the way everything else is being done.” Though that, too, is not entirely true.
“I’ll see what I can do about having someone stay here as an extra bit of defense.” Mentally, she adds a note to herself to speak with Neron about that. And maybe Kiada, too. A way to communicate between Halo and the Grounds more easily wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
“Food for future thought, perhaps. I don’t mean it as a criticism of you - more about the way everything else is being done.” Though that, too, is not entirely true.
“I’ll see what I can do about having someone stay here as an extra bit of defense.” Mentally, she adds a note to herself to speak with Neron about that. And maybe Kiada, too. A way to communicate between Halo and the Grounds more easily wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
The Wraith
the bright
the thing in the night
the bright
the thing in the night
Wessex
