They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
No Loren was not okay.
But also he obviously wasn’t going to tell Jiao that. She’d been so composed and cool this whole time, and she already clearly thought very little of him, so he refused to fail in this last endeavor. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time he’d ignored his fear and discomfort. In fact, he was almost never comfortable or worry-free. Indeed, there was usually some low-level of anxiety present in him at almost every single given moment, and this was hardly an exception to that. It was just a little bit more than he was used to.
”I’m fine.” His words were short and clipped, but he was simultaneously trying not to panic, to maintain his focus on both his magic and directing the pegasus (which would stop flying if he stopped paying attention), and not to have his beast fly into Jiao as she flew up to meet him and grabbed for the pegasus’ mane. To prevent an impact, he ordered the flying horse up and away from the Fae, despite how it made his heart pound in his chest.
But also he obviously wasn’t going to tell Jiao that. She’d been so composed and cool this whole time, and she already clearly thought very little of him, so he refused to fail in this last endeavor. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time he’d ignored his fear and discomfort. In fact, he was almost never comfortable or worry-free. Indeed, there was usually some low-level of anxiety present in him at almost every single given moment, and this was hardly an exception to that. It was just a little bit more than he was used to.
”I’m fine.” His words were short and clipped, but he was simultaneously trying not to panic, to maintain his focus on both his magic and directing the pegasus (which would stop flying if he stopped paying attention), and not to have his beast fly into Jiao as she flew up to meet him and grabbed for the pegasus’ mane. To prevent an impact, he ordered the flying horse up and away from the Fae, despite how it made his heart pound in his chest.
LOREN
