a day once dawned

Hotaru His words may be encouraging, but his half-swallowed laughter and the glimmer of his eyes betrays him, so she dips her fingers in her tea to flick it at him playfully. "You know I'm an impatient woman. You'll have to keep me occupied in this militia so I don't go insane." Patience, time, waiting...she may be proficient in such activities when she is seeking out materials or information, but not having a timeline or being able to see her progress will likely make her crazy. Weakness is not something she enjoys feeling, especially when she had once been so powerful. She had once been Deimos' equal, and now she hides in his shadow, leaning on him for support and using him for protection. Though Hotaru trusts him like no other, she loathes that he cannot do the same with her. Though she rolls her eyes playfully moments later, emerging from her thoughts with no more than a pinch of her brows to have betrayed her thoughts. "You have always been helpless at recruiting. I'll see what I can do when I have some more information and some first hand experience." That had always been her domain in Helovia. The whisperer of sweet words, the manipulator of numbers and subjects, the heart that connected them all with red-stained twine. Mother of All. Finding more to welcome into the fold would not be difficult for her after so many years of recruitment. Though her face is soft, thankful, grateful for the opportunity he gives her. A place to belong. "He left more than that - a lot of progeny too." Her eyes bright with mirth even as she sips from her cup once more. Midas had not been so bad as some of the others in Helovia, but he certainly had left a sizable brood after his...shocking death. "Oh Gods, I hope not. I'd hate to commit murder so soon after my arrival." His holier than thou attitude was particularly intense, more so than any of the Caido citizens she'd met, and her temper likely wouldn't survive another meeting with the man.