You have so much of everything but still you wanted more
"That's good," she murmured, and meant it; her uncle had seemed so tense lately, with trouble heaping up in droves around him. "I hope they find what they need, away from the eyes of, well... everyone." Citizens and rulers, gods and spirits alike had opinions on that marriage; Seren couldn't begin to fathom the kind of pressure that placed on someone. Not to mention the choices to come - for all of them.
War was a nasty subject all around, and gazing at the rubbles of the tower and speaking of Whitebrim smelled too strongly of skirmishes - pieces moving on a chessboard - for her liking. "Seems senseless, to attack a place without people," she muttered. "I'm still glad this is the extent of it." Relieved, even as guilt kept eating away at her. For being away, when she could have been of use.
"How about you, how've you been?" she asked, refocusing on her father. The falling snow covered both their heads, dusting black with white and eating any trace of color until Ronin's face began to look washed out and pale. "I haven't seen you much since our disaster trip. And the meeting. You moved away." She tried very hard to not sound accusatory. Merely... surprised. Yes. That was the word.
War was a nasty subject all around, and gazing at the rubbles of the tower and speaking of Whitebrim smelled too strongly of skirmishes - pieces moving on a chessboard - for her liking. "Seems senseless, to attack a place without people," she muttered. "I'm still glad this is the extent of it." Relieved, even as guilt kept eating away at her. For being away, when she could have been of use.
"How about you, how've you been?" she asked, refocusing on her father. The falling snow covered both their heads, dusting black with white and eating any trace of color until Ronin's face began to look washed out and pale. "I haven't seen you much since our disaster trip. And the meeting. You moved away." She tried very hard to not sound accusatory. Merely... surprised. Yes. That was the word.
Seren
