Oh, empty my heart
If she pouted a little at the unspoken refusal to initiate her into the seedier parts of his life, it was gone again by the time the topic changed. Seren had contacts; should she really want to learn about drink and gamble she'd need go no further than her dear uncle Jata. There was no hurry though. Nestled in against her father's side, the promise of barracks and sparring, new friends and her brother was quite enough to satisfy even her hungry mind.
"In a bit," she nodded about the barracks, though seemed in no hurry to move again just yet. "If you train the Dragoons, does that mean you have joined the Order, too?" The description of the boy made her smile. It sounded quite a bit like herself, how she had been. How she still was, in many ways. "I think so too."
Leaning into the hug, Seren rested her head on Ronin's shoulder and sighed, long and deep in pure contentment. "I love you, dad. It's so good to be back, I hardly know where to begin. All these thoughts are zipping through my head... How is Remi, what have you both been up to, what about everyone back in Torchline... and, and, and!" She laughed at herself, amused by her own impatience. But when she glanced up to meet Ronin's gaze, there was a new kind of depth behind the blue in her eyes, and a gravity as she asked, "But most of all, how are you? Really?"
"In a bit," she nodded about the barracks, though seemed in no hurry to move again just yet. "If you train the Dragoons, does that mean you have joined the Order, too?" The description of the boy made her smile. It sounded quite a bit like herself, how she had been. How she still was, in many ways. "I think so too."
Leaning into the hug, Seren rested her head on Ronin's shoulder and sighed, long and deep in pure contentment. "I love you, dad. It's so good to be back, I hardly know where to begin. All these thoughts are zipping through my head... How is Remi, what have you both been up to, what about everyone back in Torchline... and, and, and!" She laughed at herself, amused by her own impatience. But when she glanced up to meet Ronin's gaze, there was a new kind of depth behind the blue in her eyes, and a gravity as she asked, "But most of all, how are you? Really?"
I've got to make room for this feeling
SEREN
