ISLA
"I know you'd never return empty handed if you can help it," Isla agrees with a smile. One didn't go so far away from home without doing their best to make it worthwhile, after all.
Bastien's points about the Grounds are good ones, too, and Isla nods as she tugs at a loose thread on the sleeve of her shirt. "Then perhaps after the spire is finished we could ask for further defences for it. We could use the Spire as our fortress," she suggests.
Because it is depressing, mostly because it's very true - they're outgunned and outmanned, but as it stands, they're not yet outplanned (buck buck buck buck buck!) and if they work hard enough, perhaps they can level the playing field.
"Sometimes," Isla admits with a sad smile. "But then I have to remember that we are all people, regardless of which side of the coin we fall. I still have friends who are with the Old Gods, and I know I'm not the only one. I don't think the Voice would eradicate everyone in the same way the heralds are threatening."
Bastien's points about the Grounds are good ones, too, and Isla nods as she tugs at a loose thread on the sleeve of her shirt. "Then perhaps after the spire is finished we could ask for further defences for it. We could use the Spire as our fortress," she suggests.
Because it is depressing, mostly because it's very true - they're outgunned and outmanned, but as it stands, they're not yet outplanned (buck buck buck buck buck!) and if they work hard enough, perhaps they can level the playing field.
"Sometimes," Isla admits with a sad smile. "But then I have to remember that we are all people, regardless of which side of the coin we fall. I still have friends who are with the Old Gods, and I know I'm not the only one. I don't think the Voice would eradicate everyone in the same way the heralds are threatening."
she's a runner
rebel, and a stunner
rebel, and a stunner
