Dragoncrest Cliffs they forget that i am the daughter of two kings, not one

following heda's gesture blodreina takes a seat out of the entrance way of hougeda, offering the commander her full attention as she begins to respond to the gona's question. blodreina isn't the type to pry and will accept whatever the commander wants to share — and truthfully, she is not all that into offering emotional support but mostly because she finds it all messy and complicated — good. blodreina replies. i hope rose recovers quickly. it feels a little awkward but only because she doesn't know rose hardly at all. regardless, the girl is drakru and that is all the reason that blodreina needs to offer words to a speedy recovery.

heda dispels the need for worry, assuring blodreina as much and there is a twitch of the gona's ear and a solemn nod. she would try not to worry though she suspects that it's not so easy to turn off. she knows, in the marrow of her bones, that her commander is more than capable of facing her own personal war by herself ...but she doesn't have to alone, if she doesn't want to. blodreina has the wrong idea about relationships, admittedly. though her parents worked out well enough and seem happy together losing kendra and watching heda lose wildfire and two of her youngest children has frozen blodreina's heart to the idea of love. from what she's seen of it: it's fleeting. it lasts only when the going is good and when things get too hard it is like the coward that runs away.

maybe, in some cruel respects, this is what she thinks of wildfire as: a coward. she is sorry but only because she assumes it hurts heda. it is probably better that they don't. because they have abandoned drakru and there is no forgiveness for that in blodreina's eyes. there never has been ...and there never will be. it is one of the things that she's always stood resolutely behind; regardless of what it cost her.

the pair talk for a bit longer until eventually they part ways ...with blodreina unknowing that this was the last full conversation she'd ever have with her commander. if she would have known she'd have stretched it out longer. asked different questions. but that occurrence and those regrets would come later.