Harper
It's a very direct question, which he wouldn't have expected from the soft-spoken woman, so it takes him a little off guard. "I've been considering it lately," he confesses, taking the last biscuit without being aware that his tragic story had inspired her to give it up. Splitting it neatly in half (or as neatly as possible given the filling inside) he extends one side towards Lena for her to take with a smile. "I've lead similar numbers before, but never as a sworn-in ruler. And it would depend on if the people want me, or if anybody else volunteers." Hopefully nobody with questionable morals or scruples, because then he would really have to run against them.
Trying to muster a brave smile, Harper idly sweeps a few lost crumbs away. "Thank you. It's been really hard, but we've made no progress on finding her, and she would be devastated if I let Torchline fall to the wayside in favor of trying to track her down." She had been a devoted queen, and even if Harper didn't have his own close ties to the land, he would have stayed to keep it running in her memory if nothing else. He couldn't afford to quit and spend all his days hunting the wilds.
Trying to muster a brave smile, Harper idly sweeps a few lost crumbs away. "Thank you. It's been really hard, but we've made no progress on finding her, and she would be devastated if I let Torchline fall to the wayside in favor of trying to track her down." She had been a devoted queen, and even if Harper didn't have his own close ties to the land, he would have stayed to keep it running in her memory if nothing else. He couldn't afford to quit and spend all his days hunting the wilds.
I am water - soft enough to offer life
tough enough to drown it away
tough enough to drown it away
