every bait and switch was a work of art
'And you are too wonderful.' Safrin replies, almost defiantly as she smoothes her thumbs down the side of his cheeks. "No, it was not a victory." She agrees softly. "While the Tower might have fallen, you did not. The light you emanate never once failed no matter what it might have felt like at the time."
Letting one of her hands fall from his cheek to lay instead against his heart, Safrin regards Ronin for a long moment. "The power the Order held came mostly from ignorance on the part of their enemies. Cian with his knowtbook was able to remain enough steps head that he could make monsters out of his own shadow. It took years for the ascended to even try to enter Stormbreak, and all because they believed they couldn't. But now that illusion has been shattered and I fear that we cannot rely on trickery and misdirection as we once did."
Smoothing the fabric over his heart, Safrin tilts her chin upward slightly. "What would you ask for Stormbreak, Commander?" Her eyes twinkled a touch mischievously at that.
Letting one of her hands fall from his cheek to lay instead against his heart, Safrin regards Ronin for a long moment. "The power the Order held came mostly from ignorance on the part of their enemies. Cian with his knowtbook was able to remain enough steps head that he could make monsters out of his own shadow. It took years for the ascended to even try to enter Stormbreak, and all because they believed they couldn't. But now that illusion has been shattered and I fear that we cannot rely on trickery and misdirection as we once did."
Smoothing the fabric over his heart, Safrin tilts her chin upward slightly. "What would you ask for Stormbreak, Commander?" Her eyes twinkled a touch mischievously at that.
you're the one prize i'd cheat to win
