up until the last sunrise

Everest

"Yes, I learned that as well." Everest confirms with a nod, listening intently for their tea despite knowing that this friend has it well in hand. 'You are not upset, then? That I potentially scheduled you for something without speaking to you first?" It was the sort of thing he didn't think Mateo would be cross with him for, but given that it was the sort of behaviour that Everest himself absolutely wouldn't appreciate, he thought it best to check.

Rubbing a hand over his shoulder and expecting it to hurt - how quickly we become accustomed to pain - the aviator reaches down to smooth a wrinkle in a nearby pillow. 'Do you think Stormbreak should have a real government again?' He asks quite suddenly, or, perhaps it might seem that way to Mateo, though the question had been on his mind a lot as of late. 'I thought things were going alright, but then after what happened with Sohalia, and how there was...well, no real justice..." Frowning, he glances up with an expression of grave (and probably disproportionate concern).

even if i had to lose you to know you,
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through