it's a long way home

cut up our losses into doable doses

ration our tears and sighs

Remi's jaw clenched as he watched Ronin parry away from him. Looking at him as if he were truly some wild thing bent on hurting himself as well as Remi, deep down both the lion and the manticore shifted unhelpfully in the wellspring of his magic. Feathers and mane ruffled through his curls as his more predatory urges tried to press forward, to react in kind the challenge and threat Ronin was posing. Instead though, Remi merely held up trembling fingers in a placating gesture as he fought back tears prickling behind his eyes.

As the glass dropped Remi heaved a sigh of relief, his hand tightening around the wound on Ronin's arm as much to stop the black sludge as simply to be allowed near him again. "It would only be a problem if this was your last season with me." The alchemist said almost dismissively, shaking his head slightly though there was little emotion in his voice. Creating a cloth in his hands, he placed it over Ronin's arm only to watch it immediately turn black. Clenching his teeth again, Remi casually reached out with his magic to sweep the large chunk of glass away and out of Ronin's reach.

Remi

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