the rocks work as hard as the stars, to be what they are
"Alright. When he awakes it will be with two completely functional eyes." The Voice agrees with a smooth nod, before giving her head a slight shake to indicate that she did not require his body. Her work could be done remotely, as it were.
Sitting up and without a change to her expression, the Voice nods for Sunjata to continue. Listening silently as the Flood lays out his plans and ideas, the goddess remains entirely without movement until he has finished speaking. "This haven you speak of..." She begins, head tilted thoughtfully. "Would you tell all the ascended within that by choosing a brief period of safety, they might lose their lives should we lose the war?" The Voice wonders. "That this haven might turn into a mass grave once the fighting ends?"
With an almost childlike expression of sadness, the Voice looks from Sunjata, to Isla, and then down to Nate's body.
"I understand the desire and purpose of creating such a space. Not everyone is fit to fight and in reality, many would simply be needless casualties in this war if they were put on the front lines. Of those, I would accept their desire to enjoy the last moments of their lives if that is what it comes down to.
But Nate?" The Voice shakes her head. "Nate has been given strength and immortality that he might protect our family. That he might make a difference."
Sitting up and without a change to her expression, the Voice nods for Sunjata to continue. Listening silently as the Flood lays out his plans and ideas, the goddess remains entirely without movement until he has finished speaking. "This haven you speak of..." She begins, head tilted thoughtfully. "Would you tell all the ascended within that by choosing a brief period of safety, they might lose their lives should we lose the war?" The Voice wonders. "That this haven might turn into a mass grave once the fighting ends?"
With an almost childlike expression of sadness, the Voice looks from Sunjata, to Isla, and then down to Nate's body.
"I understand the desire and purpose of creating such a space. Not everyone is fit to fight and in reality, many would simply be needless casualties in this war if they were put on the front lines. Of those, I would accept their desire to enjoy the last moments of their lives if that is what it comes down to.
But Nate?" The Voice shakes her head. "Nate has been given strength and immortality that he might protect our family. That he might make a difference."
