what baking can do

the lullaby

And you should know,
I left but never lost my place

"Mmhm." He hums, not needing to touch her skin to know that he probably shouldn't take the bite in her voice personally. Even if it's latent jealousy over her brief tryst with Ronin, the alchemist wouldn't mind. He'd be jealous too, and was, often, of Ronin and his time spent with others.

Smiling softly at how her hand starts and then stops, Remi pulls in an understanding breath as he shoves his hands in his pockets as if to relieve them both of the urge. "I very nearly killed someone. With...out...a reason that everyone would agree with." The words are said slowly as Remi's mind tries to fix the best way to say it. Eventually, he gives up and lets the rest of it tumble out. "Ronin said he thinks I will be the one to incite this war, and I mentioned as much to Ludo. It said it was not up to me, but to someone like Vi or Mort, and when I disagreed..." Trailing off only to open and close his mouth like a fish to indicate his confusion, Remi shrugs again.

"Apparently I have become a little too eager for war, even for the herald of death."

and these nights I miss you most
my heart is yours to break

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!