getting ahead of ourselves

Edmund easily settles into the silence, watching the world go by as Danta sleeps. His thoughts race, overtaking the brief moment of respite. His family, his quest, the guild he will later form, and Mother. The young Ancient has many plans for the future, but they all seem to be focused on two goals. To protect his family, and to prove himself to Mother. She'd been generous enough to open her stone and fire to him, despite the stars formerly in his blood. To let him be reborn as her son. Edmund refuses to do anything that might make her regret it. He can't disappoint her. Danta pulls Edmund from his brooding upon waking and the two disembark from the ship. "I hope this pleases Mother." He gives the older Ancient a slight grin as he pulls the deer, "Maybe we should make this a regular thing. Filling the offering bowls here and in the Climb with blood that is." Edmund Reborn In Fire