They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
Jiao seemed to enjoy the descriptions of the various worlds, for which Loren was glad. If she had reacted with annoyance to another one of his statements, he didn’t know how he'd recover. ”It kind of was,” he agreed with a smile. ”But...I don’t know. It was terrible. But for all the horror and danger lurking in the jungle and the ocean, there was a kind of savage beauty to it.” It spoke of freedom and adventure, both things that had been in short supply in his life. ”I doubt it could compare to the forest you call home, however.” Hopefully she’d respond well to the compliment—as she had to the ones about her and her people—and he might even get some useful information out of it.
As she commented that the other worlds he had mentioned seemed silly, in comparison, he nodded at her. ”I don’t know, really. I only heard them described to me briefly, and that’s what stood out. I’m sure others could do a much better job explaining it than I could.” Like those who had actually lived there. As the Fae spoke of wars and politics, Loren gave the fawn a tiny scratch behind her ears, the subjects hitting far too close to home for the Launceleyn to be fully comfortable with them. ”We had that too. But...I don’t know. It seems kind of silly, looking back at it. Small, in the grand scheme of things.” They’d gotten so wrapped up in petty squabbles that they’d somehow lost sight of what they were fighting for to begin with.
Or maybe they’d never known.
As she commented that the other worlds he had mentioned seemed silly, in comparison, he nodded at her. ”I don’t know, really. I only heard them described to me briefly, and that’s what stood out. I’m sure others could do a much better job explaining it than I could.” Like those who had actually lived there. As the Fae spoke of wars and politics, Loren gave the fawn a tiny scratch behind her ears, the subjects hitting far too close to home for the Launceleyn to be fully comfortable with them. ”We had that too. But...I don’t know. It seems kind of silly, looking back at it. Small, in the grand scheme of things.” They’d gotten so wrapped up in petty squabbles that they’d somehow lost sight of what they were fighting for to begin with.
Or maybe they’d never known.
LOREN
