every bait and switch was a work of art
It isn't in Safrin's nature to be cowed. Not when she has an audience. Had Vi sent away the Lullaby, perhaps her facade would have been done away with. As it is, with the man who constantly buzzes around her Star like some wayward bit of rock caught in his orbit, she'll be anything but silenced.
"Forgive me for thinking your ire might like some context." Safrin replies in a tone that very much suggests she isn't apologetic at all. But when has Vi every listened to her? Just like it isn't in his nature to be sympathetic and understand her emotional and irrational whims, so it isn't in hers to be forced into a straight line.
And so as his final judgement is handed down, Safrin tilts her chin up. She looks victorious, despite the monumental threat hanging over her. "What he did, was disobey. And just as you've demonstrated now, the punishment for disobedience is the removal of light."
Just as Vi handled her disobedience with an iron fist, so too had Safrin learned to the same. And if Vi could take away her light with a war brewing against the ascended, it seemed all the more reasonable that Ronin might suffer the same fate on a smaller scale.
Rounding on Remi, the goddess smiles, tightlipped, cruel, and gorgeous. "You won't have me to blame next time you can't keep yourself in check." She'd make sure of it.
Disappearing in a black cloud of energy, the goddess goes to do as she was bid.
Probably.
"Forgive me for thinking your ire might like some context." Safrin replies in a tone that very much suggests she isn't apologetic at all. But when has Vi every listened to her? Just like it isn't in his nature to be sympathetic and understand her emotional and irrational whims, so it isn't in hers to be forced into a straight line.
And so as his final judgement is handed down, Safrin tilts her chin up. She looks victorious, despite the monumental threat hanging over her. "What he did, was disobey. And just as you've demonstrated now, the punishment for disobedience is the removal of light."
Just as Vi handled her disobedience with an iron fist, so too had Safrin learned to the same. And if Vi could take away her light with a war brewing against the ascended, it seemed all the more reasonable that Ronin might suffer the same fate on a smaller scale.
Rounding on Remi, the goddess smiles, tightlipped, cruel, and gorgeous. "You won't have me to blame next time you can't keep yourself in check." She'd make sure of it.
Disappearing in a black cloud of energy, the goddess goes to do as she was bid.
Probably.
you're the one prize i'd cheat to win
