i wonder which will get you killed faster - your loyalty
There were far more traumas than just Ru’s – even when that one was particularly heavy – but he kept them locked away and corded off, silently strung away as she enveloped him in a hug. The change was far more noticeable there too – warmth on her skin instead of the cold, benign surface of an Ascended arch – and he sighed, breathed long and low again, as he snagged her into his embrace. It was still easy to lift her and tuck her under his chin as he had with so many of his family, a protective hold and shield, listening while she explained.
For he did know the Voice was gone – had helped rid them of that deity up there on the mountains.
Though the circumstances made his eyes narrow and brows furrow, almost half-heartedly murmuring something akin to ‘you do not have to follow every new god that comes around’. Except, perhaps, maybe she did, because it’d been the way she survived for so long.
“I have only briefly heard of them,” for not many even came to Halo, based on the speculations gathered – craving the heat that was noticeably absent from the summit dwellings. “Are there other stipulations?”
For he did know the Voice was gone – had helped rid them of that deity up there on the mountains.
Though the circumstances made his eyes narrow and brows furrow, almost half-heartedly murmuring something akin to ‘you do not have to follow every new god that comes around’. Except, perhaps, maybe she did, because it’d been the way she survived for so long.
“I have only briefly heard of them,” for not many even came to Halo, based on the speculations gathered – craving the heat that was noticeably absent from the summit dwellings. “Are there other stipulations?”
or your stubbornness?
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