He was willing to give Ray as much time as she needed to consider his suggestions, and he floated at ease in the tide pool while she thought about the idea of a vote. He dipped his head in acknowledgment as she agreed to it, her spoken reasons adding to his own unspoken ones. "I do not know if there will be others," he said, voice slow and thoughtful as he considered the other council members and those citizens whose deeds marked them as the most active and most well-known. "But I can think of no one else I would rather swim these currents with." Even Melita, his closest friend, would not be as good a match in leadership.
Food, fun, and chaos, yes. But a crown would only weigh down that free and boundless spirit.
The Attuned's uncertainty was understandable and Hadama nodded again. "I do not know. But we can go together, if you would like." An offer made simply and with no expectation of it being accepted or rejected. But if Ray wished his moral support when she made her prayer she would have it.
Food, fun, and chaos, yes. But a crown would only weigh down that free and boundless spirit.
The Attuned's uncertainty was understandable and Hadama nodded again. "I do not know. But we can go together, if you would like." An offer made simply and with no expectation of it being accepted or rejected. But if Ray wished his moral support when she made her prayer she would have it.
