Hotaru
This pride has left you blinded
or willfully confused
or willfully confused
Hotaru hadn't considered asking Noah, but it's an option she now turns over in her head at leisure. "I could, though I'm unsure how he'd contend with my more heretical opinions on Vi's herald if they came up." Deimos had had more time than Hotaru to grow close to Noah in the wake of the insurgence, when she had been stuck in the Greatwood with newborn infants and nightmares to weather alone. While she doesn't envy how they'd had to regroup and continue on in the Wilds alone, she is fickle enough to envy their camaraderie.
There is a slight curdle of discomfort - that, in a better person, would have been shame - as that envy withers in the face of Deimos' devotion. She cannot imagine how hard it must have been on his end, to see her at the end of her rope, unable to reach her in any way that mattered and only capable of providing enough love and oversight to keep her breathing another day. Surviving instead of living. Were she a more emotive person, she would tell him; instead, she pries open the bond just enough to have the echoes of her sisterly affection and appreciation washing over him, preferring that to words.
Almost disappointed when the goliath arachnid does not arrive, the Valkyrie hums the emotion out of her chest and turns to meet Deimos' stride. "Quite well, I've held a weekly class for theory and education prior to our first magical training that has been quite successful. Sah is a natural - a wonderful teacher, but equally willing to be instructed." As Headmistress that was a quality she found commendable, as he didn't chafe when handing the reigns back over to Hotaru when needed. "He has grown a lot in recent years, it is good to see." Maturity and levelheadedness that she wouldn't have expected to come so soon.
There is a slight curdle of discomfort - that, in a better person, would have been shame - as that envy withers in the face of Deimos' devotion. She cannot imagine how hard it must have been on his end, to see her at the end of her rope, unable to reach her in any way that mattered and only capable of providing enough love and oversight to keep her breathing another day. Surviving instead of living. Were she a more emotive person, she would tell him; instead, she pries open the bond just enough to have the echoes of her sisterly affection and appreciation washing over him, preferring that to words.
Almost disappointed when the goliath arachnid does not arrive, the Valkyrie hums the emotion out of her chest and turns to meet Deimos' stride. "Quite well, I've held a weekly class for theory and education prior to our first magical training that has been quite successful. Sah is a natural - a wonderful teacher, but equally willing to be instructed." As Headmistress that was a quality she found commendable, as he didn't chafe when handing the reigns back over to Hotaru when needed. "He has grown a lot in recent years, it is good to see." Maturity and levelheadedness that she wouldn't have expected to come so soon.
You thought that when you cried for justice, the target wasn't you
