She didn’t call it lack of empathy, necessarily, but she would call it practical. There was a choice. They could try to find some peace, or they could risk far more destruction than the Blight. ”So you would choose to risk all of Caido?” There is no judgment behind the question, just the point of it. That is the path he chooses because one bad thing happened. She is not sure there’s a way around it, not anymore, and yet...and yet, for so many of them, this was not really home, was it? ”I mean, peace would require that the Voice also not risk all of Caido, and given that she’s the cause of much of this, clearly we know what she would do.” She may be hopeful, but she is not naive. Her home was destroyed because of the Voice’s ambitions, no matter how ‘good’ some might see the cause.
”Well, glad to hear not all Fae are quite so rude,” she says with a chuckle. She didn’t really spend much time in the Greatwood, knowing she was not exactly welcome there, so perhaps she simply wouldn’t run into many more of them. Maybe not the worst thing.
Weaver just shrugs, as if he need not apologize. Maybe she’d read him wrong. It happened, though Weaver was usually pretty at reading people. Not that she didn’t get it wrong on occasion. ”Korbin is his name, and he’s out in Halo quite a lot. If you haven’t met him yet, you likely will soon enough. He is...ah, well currently my brother is experiencing a midlife crisis, except that he is eighteen.” She chuckles, reaching up a hand to twirl the end of her braid around a finger. ”I didn’t tell you that, though. He’s very charming when he wants to be, though, and a good worker.” He was good at pretending with strangers, when he wanted to.
”Honestly, until the portal opened, my life was getting food on the table and not freezing to death. I have never had the luxury of planning more than that. I don’t know how to start.” There’s the real truth. Nor is she sure she wants to start, because that feels far too good to be true. It feels like a great way to have the rug ripped out right from under her.
His list of activities is long, which seems to be a trend among many of the Outlanders she’s met. Not that Weaver doesn’t keep busy, but it’s a different sort, stemming from a life of living here. Most can’t quite appreciate life in Halo without having experienced it. ”That is quite the list. Have you learned anything particularly interesting about Caido?” Gods only know, there’s probably something he could teach her.
”Well, glad to hear not all Fae are quite so rude,” she says with a chuckle. She didn’t really spend much time in the Greatwood, knowing she was not exactly welcome there, so perhaps she simply wouldn’t run into many more of them. Maybe not the worst thing.
Weaver just shrugs, as if he need not apologize. Maybe she’d read him wrong. It happened, though Weaver was usually pretty at reading people. Not that she didn’t get it wrong on occasion. ”Korbin is his name, and he’s out in Halo quite a lot. If you haven’t met him yet, you likely will soon enough. He is...ah, well currently my brother is experiencing a midlife crisis, except that he is eighteen.” She chuckles, reaching up a hand to twirl the end of her braid around a finger. ”I didn’t tell you that, though. He’s very charming when he wants to be, though, and a good worker.” He was good at pretending with strangers, when he wanted to.
”Honestly, until the portal opened, my life was getting food on the table and not freezing to death. I have never had the luxury of planning more than that. I don’t know how to start.” There’s the real truth. Nor is she sure she wants to start, because that feels far too good to be true. It feels like a great way to have the rug ripped out right from under her.
His list of activities is long, which seems to be a trend among many of the Outlanders she’s met. Not that Weaver doesn’t keep busy, but it’s a different sort, stemming from a life of living here. Most can’t quite appreciate life in Halo without having experienced it. ”That is quite the list. Have you learned anything particularly interesting about Caido?” Gods only know, there’s probably something he could teach her.
