AMALIA
"Ronin must have... have known. Agreed." That it could be anything else in inconceivable to the girl whose faith in her deities is absolute. "Safrin's reason... she must be important, the child. Seren." A role must need filling, the Shield thinks, biting her lower lip thoughtfully.
She balks at the sharpening of his eyes and tone, knowing they aren't for her but still withering a little beneath it. His outright denial is surprising and unexpected: she had anticipated him to take any child of Ronin's in with open arms. How could he reject this, the daughter of a goddess-
But then, she wonders, how would she feel, were Deimos to bring a child home?
Somehow things are only managing to make less and less sense. "...Sunjata?" Amalia repeats, now thoroughly confused. "Why is he involved...?"
She balks at the sharpening of his eyes and tone, knowing they aren't for her but still withering a little beneath it. His outright denial is surprising and unexpected: she had anticipated him to take any child of Ronin's in with open arms. How could he reject this, the daughter of a goddess-
But then, she wonders, how would she feel, were Deimos to bring a child home?
Somehow things are only managing to make less and less sense. "...Sunjata?" Amalia repeats, now thoroughly confused. "Why is he involved...?"
