[PQ] roses and revolution

Koa

"Yup," Koa agrees, also from the ground, where he's currently reclining while catching his breath. "Quitting Dragoons. Setting up lanterns." He raises a weary hand in thumbs-up, his eyes focused somewhere on the middle distance. "Living the Stormbreak dream."

Ah, but a good man's work is never over. With Pipsqueak continuing to wreak havoc supervise, Koa slumps his way to the girls, collapsing beside Sohalia with a thud. He flashes her a tired grin before getting started on a lantern, trying to channel every lesson in craftsmanship his father tried to teach him as a boy and praying silently to Frey, Ludo, or really whoever is the god of lanterns, don't let me fuck this up.

it struck me that the two of us could run