I carried my own ashes to the mountains
While Zuriel seemed to be serving as a grounding point for the Sword, Lilly apparently had similar thoughts towards her companion. A smile nearly flickered along the side of his mouth as she bit and nipped at the fool, but he kept it inward – speculation only drifting upwards on the inclination of his brow. At the very least, it disrupted the exasperation and irritation in the larger man, and another long, low breath cycled back through his lungs. “Maybe we are making this too complicated.” Despite the promise of not rendering violence, he’d be content to admit the prospect seemed much more enticing each day. Two individuals felled wouldn’t be much of a challenge, and the denizens of Halo could be less and less effected, depending on how sneaky, and stealthy, they could commit the act.
None of that was voiced, entrenched deep into his mind, where a pile of other machinations and calculations remained, never to see the light of day or the whisper of a word. Instead, he tilted his head, alternating back and forth over other parameters. “Has she added any others to her council?” There was always the voting out factor.
As for the expression of repentence, Deimos lifted his head off his chin and stared at Sah for a long time, pondering how best to respond. He didn’t receive many solemn regrets in his multiple times on different earths – mostly when bonds were broken and severed with him, they were truly abolished. This had been a foolish occasion, but not something no one could whittle back from. “Your apology is accepted,” with an undertone of do not do it again.
None of that was voiced, entrenched deep into his mind, where a pile of other machinations and calculations remained, never to see the light of day or the whisper of a word. Instead, he tilted his head, alternating back and forth over other parameters. “Has she added any others to her council?” There was always the voting out factor.
As for the expression of repentence, Deimos lifted his head off his chin and stared at Sah for a long time, pondering how best to respond. He didn’t receive many solemn regrets in his multiple times on different earths – mostly when bonds were broken and severed with him, they were truly abolished. This had been a foolish occasion, but not something no one could whittle back from. “Your apology is accepted,” with an undertone of do not do it again.
DEIMOS
