You've been all the way to broken
lost your sense of where to go
The need for a longer stride is strangely appreciated. Harper's intense training regime is far from a secret in Torchline; with his history, he has never been able to relinquish it, no matter the drastically more peaceful land he now finds himself in. In an old world perhaps he would have been called a gym rat or some other teasing moniker, but here his pre-morning runs and acrobatics are seen as normal after such a long residency in Torchline.
The quiet of Hadama's question is fitting not only of the man himself, but the twilight that surrounds them. Harper smiles wryly, and shrugs one shoulder a little helplessly. "I've seen far worse wars, I'm afraid. Lost far more in them, too." Students, friends, mentors. His first true love. "I don't want to diminish it by saying it pales in comparison, but it's not a weight I'm unfamiliar with." And he will carry it with a smile regardless. "You? If you ever need to share anything, I hope you know you can tell me." The length of their friendship would not have any bearing on Harper's willingness to be at the merman's side, just as he'd been night after night for the man's quest.
The quiet of Hadama's question is fitting not only of the man himself, but the twilight that surrounds them. Harper smiles wryly, and shrugs one shoulder a little helplessly. "I've seen far worse wars, I'm afraid. Lost far more in them, too." Students, friends, mentors. His first true love. "I don't want to diminish it by saying it pales in comparison, but it's not a weight I'm unfamiliar with." And he will carry it with a smile regardless. "You? If you ever need to share anything, I hope you know you can tell me." The length of their friendship would not have any bearing on Harper's willingness to be at the merman's side, just as he'd been night after night for the man's quest.
remember, pain is just an anchor
that you never had control of
HARPER
