[He understands she doesn't mean to belittle him, or to diminish his own homesickness, but he also recognizes he's speaking to a woman who knows herself to be dead, and thus only has time here in this place and none left in their on their own star. He rests in a similar situation, but how foolish of him to speak to freely without considering her feelings.
He doesn't know why she served Waloed and can only assume it is because she loved her homeland as much as he loves his, and they were once enemies, bitter ones in fact. Why, Oriflamme was lost to saboteurs who turned out to be Cid, Clive and Jill while he was away, holding back Odin himself and his army, but here they were two Dominants who'd been controlled, deceived for ends that would see them torn asunder and their world along with them.]
Is that a request? Cid and Clive seized on the opportunity your king afforded them. My Dragoons and I were sent to the front lines at Belanus Tor along with a legion of cohorts to hold back Odin and his forces. It was then they moved on the Mothercrystal. The Tor was a strategic choke point. If Barnabas had claimed it, the door to Oriflamme would be open, as you well know. I could hardly be spared to break away to see to matters at home.
[He breathed a sigh.]
I understand Drake's Head was the first Mothercrystal they felled. Perhaps they were unaware of the Aetheric backlash it would cause, or mayhap we'd already mined the Head too deeply. The lower wards of the Inner Sanctum were awash with Aether and Akashic before they stepped into the place, the Blight was encroaching from the north with every increasing rapidity. Honestly I don't blame them for the loss of Oriflamme. She was already falling.
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[He understands she doesn't mean to belittle him, or to diminish his own homesickness, but he also recognizes he's speaking to a woman who knows herself to be dead, and thus only has time here in this place and none left in their on their own star. He rests in a similar situation, but how foolish of him to speak to freely without considering her feelings.
He doesn't know why she served Waloed and can only assume it is because she loved her homeland as much as he loves his, and they were once enemies, bitter ones in fact. Why, Oriflamme was lost to saboteurs who turned out to be Cid, Clive and Jill while he was away, holding back Odin himself and his army, but here they were two Dominants who'd been controlled, deceived for ends that would see them torn asunder and their world along with them.]
Is that a request? Cid and Clive seized on the opportunity your king afforded them. My Dragoons and I were sent to the front lines at Belanus Tor along with a legion of cohorts to hold back Odin and his forces. It was then they moved on the Mothercrystal. The Tor was a strategic choke point. If Barnabas had claimed it, the door to Oriflamme would be open, as you well know. I could hardly be spared to break away to see to matters at home.
[He breathed a sigh.]
I understand Drake's Head was the first Mothercrystal they felled. Perhaps they were unaware of the Aetheric backlash it would cause, or mayhap we'd already mined the Head too deeply. The lower wards of the Inner Sanctum were awash with Aether and Akashic before they stepped into the place, the Blight was encroaching from the north with every increasing rapidity. Honestly I don't blame them for the loss of Oriflamme. She was already falling.