let that music play you through the pain

Ariel

SOM U SNIPED ME

though he is reluctant to leave his posted sentry by the den, delight knows he can't just stand around forever. there is little for him to do -- queenie's in charge of the important stuff and lord knows she doesn't want him crowding her twenty four seven. the babies are still too little to do much. he feels like he's going to tear out of his skin if he doesn't keep busy. (and in the end its probably for the best queenie and delight ended up having the babies here -- if it had been just the two of them trying to figure this shit out, it would have ended badly.)

so he shifts his sentry to the border, taking up a patrol that's more of a quiet stroll than anything else. it's been a while since he's done a little introspective trip -- he can't leave the sanctuary of course, but this is sorta similar. when anatha's howl goes up, delight's already fairly close, frozen mid-step. it's difficult to qualify which loss hurts the worst when he reflects on tindómë. he holds no ill will about any of them -- it is all his fault, after all (well, except maybe mato -- and there he can't really hold a grudge. he loves him still.)

anatha, though, was one of the hardest. he'd been closer to gracious and to seabreeze, but anatha was the one he'd directly let down, allowing her to come to harm under his rule, then allowing her to slip away again in the move. he had not thought he'd see her again, and yet, here she is. slowly the chancellor drags his feet toward her, prepared to meet her deserved ire.

"anatha," delight calls out softly once he's within view. only belatedly does he also register the governor's presence, and nods to him awkwardly. woops.