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Deimos The staff moved between his hands, back and forth, while she talked, muttered, admitted to acting on impulse. He said nothing more on the subject, figuring his words had at least pierced somewhere in the midst of this barrage; no admittance of whether or not he’d held back (he often did). The monolith chose silence while she bowed her head and sat, quiet there on his rock, glancing out over the water that might lead to elsewhere. There were a multitude of things gathered in her mind though, apparently leading, tending, and invoking this whole bombardment, and it wasn’t unlike experiences he’d had with Kiada. Wanting to protect, to shield, because there was a fear lodged deep in his chest for all the times he hadn’t been able to with so many others: saying nothing as she wandered out into LongNight’s terrors and tyrannies, desperate to bring back Ru’in’s soul, and comforting when she failed. How easy it was to be overbearing – and then not realize the amount of damage it could cause. Like weeks before, when he offered once more to aid, and she refused. Nothing more to do or give from the Sword to the Harpy. His eyes drifted back to the autumn ground while she spoke of meetings (and he wondered if there’d be a time where it wasn’t just demigods delegating; that they knew there were so many more willing and able to assist in the ongoing plight), and the words pummeled and hit harder. That he had been a subject in the whole discourse earned a spare shift of surprise, before brows furrowed back. Understandable. All of it was, to a certain extent. “They were likely doing so out of care and concern. They have lost a lot here. It does not excuse striving to take over your mission, but it does give perspective. Sometimes it is difficult to let go.” He paused, a few more thoughts processing in his head, before more came into the world, in between her hisses and outrage. “Have you spoken to either of them about this?” Setting boundaries, rather than fires and flames? Out of sight and out of mind Make everything alright So let the sky and sea collide Just not in our lifetime