He had missed feeling her against him--her gem had been a poor substitute to sleep curled up against.
He nodded, watching the fire for a long moment before responding. "The Codex says that if one has exhausted one approach, it is only wisdom to try other avenues." So Codex Approved...if a little heretical in methods--dreams? sorcery? SIGH. "So your friends and you are all...happy now?" What...what does someone do without fighting?!
She fought for so long, and it only took her brother speaking to him once to change the entire course of Chronos' life. Alas, she was not made for such diplomacy.
"More or less. But our duty is never truly done. I decided to remain with the Unseen — headmistress Hecate, Selene, Artemis," her Silver Sisters, "and protect my family from the shadows still, should they need it. Things are just... not so dire now, and I have my family returned."
But she had still initiated things. Sometimes a general doesn't get to stride the field of battle set in motion by their words. It was still a victory.
And if she's not made for diplomacy, he is even less so.
There's another long pause, but he pulls her closer as he stays silent, so that when he speaks, his voice rumbles against her. "I cannot imagine what that would feel like: one's duty completed." His kind die in war, that is their duty. The idea of an end to it was almost impossible.
She leaned into him, eyes shut, arms around him to nestle in as close as possible.
"It is a strange feeling. One I barely know how to comprehend myself." She admitted. "Perhaps one day you will. Especially if you consider what you do here a part of that duty."
"Perhaps one day." But that day is a long time off and in a different world. And she is right here, and right now, warm and beautiful. "Tell me more of your time back in your world?" He makes a soft chirp and Elion comes padding over, because he sees a fire and a warm lap and his favorite lady person, who clearly has a kitty biscuit deprivation. He will fix it.
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He nodded, watching the fire for a long moment before responding. "The Codex says that if one has exhausted one approach, it is only wisdom to try other avenues." So Codex Approved...if a little heretical in methods--dreams? sorcery? SIGH. "So your friends and you are all...happy now?" What...what does someone do without fighting?!
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"More or less. But our duty is never truly done. I decided to remain with the Unseen — headmistress Hecate, Selene, Artemis," her Silver Sisters, "and protect my family from the shadows still, should they need it. Things are just... not so dire now, and I have my family returned."
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And if she's not made for diplomacy, he is even less so.
There's another long pause, but he pulls her closer as he stays silent, so that when he speaks, his voice rumbles against her. "I cannot imagine what that would feel like: one's duty completed." His kind die in war, that is their duty. The idea of an end to it was almost impossible.
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"It is a strange feeling. One I barely know how to comprehend myself." She admitted. "Perhaps one day you will. Especially if you consider what you do here a part of that duty."
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