Isuma received a luxere kiss to her little feathered head, and chortled merrily at the attention, even if Auni got a few downy feathers on his tongue for his trouble.
"It was my pleasure, Kiada," he assured her, blue eyes warming at her smile. "More than that... it helped me, too. Reminding me there is more than war and the fates of worlds to life. It was a lesson I've been sorely needing lately." He hesitated only a moment before taking another recent lesson to heart: that he wasn't alone, and didn't need to be.
"Actually," he said, a little tentatively as he rose as well. "Since you're here, could I ask your help with it? We can move more with two of us than one alone, and it would be good if someone else knew where they're going, in case..." In case something happened to him. Something Zariah-related, specifically, but Caido had plenty of other dangers, too, and not all of them were so blatant.
"It was my pleasure, Kiada," he assured her, blue eyes warming at her smile. "More than that... it helped me, too. Reminding me there is more than war and the fates of worlds to life. It was a lesson I've been sorely needing lately." He hesitated only a moment before taking another recent lesson to heart: that he wasn't alone, and didn't need to be.
"Actually," he said, a little tentatively as he rose as well. "Since you're here, could I ask your help with it? We can move more with two of us than one alone, and it would be good if someone else knew where they're going, in case..." In case something happened to him. Something Zariah-related, specifically, but Caido had plenty of other dangers, too, and not all of them were so blatant.
