how can you rise
if you have not burned?
He adds one more thing and she nods. Ah, so Remi was the type to make personal issues political. Lovely. ”I admit, I do not intend to put you anywhere near Remi. I’ve seen how he reacts to you. And though I disagree with his unofficial request, for the sake of Halo and your life, please listen to it.” Her voice softens at the end of it. She’d command him, if she had to, but she didn’t think she had to. At the mention of Sunjata though, she only nods. She hadn’t even quite thought about him yet, about the many updates she owed him. Perhaps a letter was in order, just to give him a heads up. At least she could deal with him for Torchline politics; it would make things easier.He tries to be reassuring and she manages a rather rueful smile. ”I really wonder if I am actually best for Halo.” It is half a joke, and half truth. She was never born to rule anything, has no training in it. And yet...she knows these people and this land, and she loves it more than her own life. Maybe that is enough. ”I suppose we’ll find out.”
She does manage a proper smile at his next words though, finding ways to tuck herself closer to him, hands wrapping behind his neck to pull him in for a kiss. A soft, sedate thing in the wake of all they have been through, but still, a proper kiss. ”Then you know how to do it.”
”No, we will not drag our feet. But we need food and firewood. We need to get Snowcloak cleaned up and the Palace and the gate rebuilt. We need to make sure our people are safe and cared for before anything else. If we do not have that, then we cannot face any of the threats that might be waiting for us.” And gods only knew, there seemed to be many.
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