Given what he now knew of the choices Sunjata had made - from the man himself and not merely from rumor - the Tidebreaker did not seem surprised or disappointed that the demigod had no further comment. Not when the topic involved Safrin, certainly. His expression remained serenely stoic as he shared the water near the shore and chose to change the subject to one that was hopefully less fraught.
Unaware of the other man's history before he'd become Governor of Torchline, Hadama tilted his head in silent curiosity at the revelation that Sunjata had not been welcome in the Greatwood until recently. Phoebe's name drew a nod from the mermanta, however, and a crack in his neutral expression as the corners of his eyes crinkled in the ghost of a smile for the newest leader of the tree-girt region. "Indeed. It is a beautiful land. In any season," he added, still entranced by the snow after experiencing it in his travels over the two years since the War.
"I come here to think. When I need a new perspective," he explained in answer to Sunjata's own question. "And I had heard this island might offer that. Though the pools are difficult to reach from the river," he admitted.
Unaware of the other man's history before he'd become Governor of Torchline, Hadama tilted his head in silent curiosity at the revelation that Sunjata had not been welcome in the Greatwood until recently. Phoebe's name drew a nod from the mermanta, however, and a crack in his neutral expression as the corners of his eyes crinkled in the ghost of a smile for the newest leader of the tree-girt region. "Indeed. It is a beautiful land. In any season," he added, still entranced by the snow after experiencing it in his travels over the two years since the War.
"I come here to think. When I need a new perspective," he explained in answer to Sunjata's own question. "And I had heard this island might offer that. Though the pools are difficult to reach from the river," he admitted.
