But my words, like silent raindrops fell

Ronin could only shrug and huddle closer to Remi, as though the company was one of the only things keeping him tethered to sanity right now. "It just... happened," he mumbled, shaking his head and hoping he hadn't made the alchemist blame himself. "We all did everything, but... it wasn't LongNight that killed Vanya. Not directly anyway." Drawing a shuddering breath, he slumped back into the alcove with the other man. "Me too," he muttered; hate was a strong word, but it was exactly how he felt in this moment. "But we'll hate it together, yeah? I don't... I can't take away what happened, with Loren or... or anything else. But I'm here, okay? As much as I can be." ronin the long and lonesome road