we live in a world someone else imagined
He hiccups in a shivery breath at the sound of Remi's voice, half turning before the Lullaby is suddenly there. Ronin folds into his arms without even the strength to hug him back, numbly shaking his head and considering an apology, for a second, for covering him in smoke and ash and blood. Remi smells of the breeze before dawn and the woods at Leafchange, and for a moment his emotions are little more than stuttering relief to have him there.
"Edrei attacked the Tower as a dragon. I didn't know it was her at first, I..." The relief turns stony and numb, but Remi will be able to feel the things he's holding back. Hurt, anger, confusion, exhaustion, fear. All of it, as chaotic and messy as the scene around them. "I killed her. Amun was there too, I think - he left. Wessex and Nate stayed. It was just me." He doesn't know about Abraham, of course.
"Edrei attacked the Tower as a dragon. I didn't know it was her at first, I..." The relief turns stony and numb, but Remi will be able to feel the things he's holding back. Hurt, anger, confusion, exhaustion, fear. All of it, as chaotic and messy as the scene around them. "I killed her. Amun was there too, I think - he left. Wessex and Nate stayed. It was just me." He doesn't know about Abraham, of course.
the dark star
