Vai nodded quietly in return as Ashe confirmed she might bring Theea and Kalt along to the cabin, suddenly focused on the seedling she was currently planting. It wasn't that she regretted extending that olive branch, but... it still wasn't the easiest thing to do. She hummed quietly in almost-agreement at hearing that Kalt wasn't what she thought he was. Ever the outspoken one, though, Vai wasn't about to keep her thoughts to herself. "My concern isn't that he is what I think he is, Ashe. I'm worried that he's worse," she admitted.
She heard her daughter out, sitting back to rest her dirty hands on her knees, regarding the younger woman with honesty and openness shining in her expression. "That is what worries me. Ashe, you have told me about the guild. You are the product of it. For someone to be there, just like you, and to find ways to smile, to make light of it... that's a dark heart," she said slowly. "I'm not saying that we all don't hold some darkness in our hearts, but Kalt... his arrogance speaks of a man used to getting what he wants."
And Vai was concerned about what he wanted from her daughter. Sighing, she shrugged her shoulders. "Begin at the beginning, as they say," she suggested, her gaze flickering down to her daughter's hand briefly. "I admit, I was thrown, too, by how quickly you exchanged one soul bond for another." vervain
she's a wild one with an angel's face
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