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“I actually don’t live here any more. I made myself a room in the Barracks. Much more fitting for a General.” This place had never really suited her anyway, it was just convenient. And now her room in the Barracks is more convenient. Wessex is nothing if not practical.
Meeting his gaze, she nods grimly. “Real war. But I’ll get to that in a sec.” Back to the sequence of events. It’s easier if she tries to recount it all in order. “We did win at LongNight. Came together as a family and fought the Monsters, though not everyone wanted to… turns out coming back to life only to be into a fight for your life against Monsters was hard to swallow." And Gods, the conversations she had to have about.
"I get it… but I wish they'd taken my warnings and advice seriously. Anyway, Ezra and Mara died when the original Barracks was set on fire by the Sparkbird - did I mention that? Monsters and a furious Sparkbird, all in one week.” Shaking her head, Wessex doesn’t laugh about it. The Sparkbird, now that she's thinking bout it, is still a mystery. Mara, she misses. Ezra, not at all. But losses are losses and they happened on her watch.
Or about the next bit. “Edwyn also died. And while fighting the Monsters… I accidentally killed Edy and Pet with the Eirachi’s magic. Neron was able to save them with some upgrades that the Voice had given us. Turns out we can switch them around with each other, so that’s cool. But beside the point.” What happened after that? “The Sparkbird burned much of the Grounds to ashes while we fought the monsters. Morgan came with Neron and she really saved our asses from the fire. So there was a lot of clean up after that.” Gesturing ‘beyond’ the walls of Theskyra House, she tilts her head back and forth. “I think we’re on our way to making the Grounds nice, if it survives the war.”
It’s hardert than she thinks to recount all the big events. In the aftermath of LongNight, what had happened? “I think during that LongNight, the Order destroyed the The Voice’s shrine in Torchline… had they begun to be a pain the ass before you…?” Got lost? Trapped? Disappeared?
Meeting his gaze, she nods grimly. “Real war. But I’ll get to that in a sec.” Back to the sequence of events. It’s easier if she tries to recount it all in order. “We did win at LongNight. Came together as a family and fought the Monsters, though not everyone wanted to… turns out coming back to life only to be into a fight for your life against Monsters was hard to swallow." And Gods, the conversations she had to have about.
"I get it… but I wish they'd taken my warnings and advice seriously. Anyway, Ezra and Mara died when the original Barracks was set on fire by the Sparkbird - did I mention that? Monsters and a furious Sparkbird, all in one week.” Shaking her head, Wessex doesn’t laugh about it. The Sparkbird, now that she's thinking bout it, is still a mystery. Mara, she misses. Ezra, not at all. But losses are losses and they happened on her watch.
Or about the next bit. “Edwyn also died. And while fighting the Monsters… I accidentally killed Edy and Pet with the Eirachi’s magic. Neron was able to save them with some upgrades that the Voice had given us. Turns out we can switch them around with each other, so that’s cool. But beside the point.” What happened after that? “The Sparkbird burned much of the Grounds to ashes while we fought the monsters. Morgan came with Neron and she really saved our asses from the fire. So there was a lot of clean up after that.” Gesturing ‘beyond’ the walls of Theskyra House, she tilts her head back and forth. “I think we’re on our way to making the Grounds nice, if it survives the war.”
It’s hardert than she thinks to recount all the big events. In the aftermath of LongNight, what had happened? “I think during that LongNight, the Order destroyed the The Voice’s shrine in Torchline… had they begun to be a pain the ass before you…?” Got lost? Trapped? Disappeared?
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