KORBIN
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed,
That blushed and bloomed,
The reply was simple, and part of him understood her. Korbin had been out here on his own too. But there was a fundamental difference in their situations that made his jaws clench, anger slowly coming to a boil within him again.
"Did it not occur to you to ask someone else for an escort?" he asked, his tone deceptively calm. Light, even, as if they were discussing a missing item on a grocery list. "There are plenty of hunters going out every day, it would not be hard to find someone willing to take you."
Hunters, traders, guard patrols going to the portal and back; with the new light came a surge in activity, as all of Halo emerged to survey the damage and repair, rebuild, revive.
"Did it not occur to you to ask someone else for an escort?" he asked, his tone deceptively calm. Light, even, as if they were discussing a missing item on a grocery list. "There are plenty of hunters going out every day, it would not be hard to find someone willing to take you."
Hunters, traders, guard patrols going to the portal and back; with the new light came a surge in activity, as all of Halo emerged to survey the damage and repair, rebuild, revive.
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.
Of the old time entombed.
