[Mini Event] my friends, my people, my flock

GIDEON

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true

Ah, how quickly they showed their weakness; responding with violence, threats, taunts, but no actual points. They were fighting from a place of emotion and attachment, of hesitation to see how they were wrong, how they had invited the wolf into their flock. Even in the face of thrown weapons (which thankfully missed) and shouted jibes, Gideon maintained an upright stance and a smirk on his face.

"Is that all you have to offer?" He asked the crowd as they tossed their projectiles. "In the face of the truth you act like animals." Seeing that the first one that had spoken was an Ascended, Gideon met his eyes and added: "Or perhaps like machines unable to calculate a solution."

Then one approached that looked worse for wear; with a moments inspection past the bruising, Gideon realised it was their leader - good. He could get right to the heart of the matter, talk to the man that was allowing his land to be so corrupted. Hands behind his back, Gideon kept himself still and straight, even as Sunjata rose to the wall and got into his space. "And here we have your leader, just as civil." Gesturing to Sunjata, he looked him up and down. "You may allow Ascended in your bed, but not all of us do. Not everyone would trust an Ascended healer; what will they put in your bodies when you aren't looking? And - I'm sorry - who would report an Ascended crime to a man that has been blessed by Safrin and yet still sleeps with the enemy?" Final words said, he met Sunjata's eyes; a challenge.

That's why I hold with all I have
That's why I hold