RONIN
the darkstar
light is easy to love.
"Phoenixes." Ronin raises his hand as Remi turns properly to look at him, his arm fanning out with crimson feathers that pulse a crackling golden, threatening to ignite at any moment before he lets them fold away again. The moment of levity is short-lived before Remi makes it all too clear, in tone and the way he turns away, about his feeling son the subject of Safrin doing anything kind. And Ronin, in his blissful ignorance, can't help but voice it this time.
"I know you despise her, but it makes things extremely uncomfortable, to have you pull down the shutters whenever I mention her," he murmurs. "Like it or not, she's the reason I'm even here to have this conversation with you. It doesn't matter where we go, what happens... I'll always have a tie to her. I'll always have to see her. And sometimes I'll have to do things that make us both unhappy, to avoid consequences like the ones I had last time."
He has nothing to offer, though, in the wake of Remi's grief, and Ronin has to clench his fists to avoid reaching for the other man. He isn't sure if the gesture would be appreciated, and at the same time, it won't fix anything. "We could see her again," he blurts suddenly. "The magic we both have, but... I'm scared that we'll never come back." Scared, rather, that Remi would never come back. He's already dreamed up a world where Aoife is there, and it was hard enough to leave back then.
She was perfect, though. Remi is right in that much. Ronin can't help but snort, though, about what the Lullaby says next. "That's good, because last I checked, you hated talking about baking and the weather anyway. Inventions and science are more your bag."
"I know you despise her, but it makes things extremely uncomfortable, to have you pull down the shutters whenever I mention her," he murmurs. "Like it or not, she's the reason I'm even here to have this conversation with you. It doesn't matter where we go, what happens... I'll always have a tie to her. I'll always have to see her. And sometimes I'll have to do things that make us both unhappy, to avoid consequences like the ones I had last time."
He has nothing to offer, though, in the wake of Remi's grief, and Ronin has to clench his fists to avoid reaching for the other man. He isn't sure if the gesture would be appreciated, and at the same time, it won't fix anything. "We could see her again," he blurts suddenly. "The magic we both have, but... I'm scared that we'll never come back." Scared, rather, that Remi would never come back. He's already dreamed up a world where Aoife is there, and it was hard enough to leave back then.
She was perfect, though. Remi is right in that much. Ronin can't help but snort, though, about what the Lullaby says next. "That's good, because last I checked, you hated talking about baking and the weather anyway. Inventions and science are more your bag."
show me your darkness.
