Moonspear Never Ever

He thought he knew a snake oil salesman when he saw one, and apparently he was not the only one. Amekaze's words cut through whatever feeble shield and deflect Charon sought to rise; he felt his own hackles prickle at the thought of what could happen next, anticipating just what else could possibly come spilling out of the bespeckled patriarch's mouth that would salvage a scene already so sour. It was validating in its own right to know that he had been at least somewhat right in his thoughts, to see a dichotomy between a proud leader and a petulant man set on recovering from a tantrum. No amount of saccharine words would save him, Dirge thought, but there was little for him to comment on.

Still, it wasn't quite enough that it would hold him back; he hung off the repeated inferring that some grievance had been filed on Hydra's part. He loosened himself from the still greens, departing their relative safety for the open timber that clutched them all. There was nothing welcoming about what brought him forward; the words on his tongue were honed like a sharp blade searching for purchase needlessly. His gaze met the scarred visage as he slowly made his way in, and he found his voice.

”You've talked a lot about asking for permission without asking for it yourself,” he chimed in. ”Or was it easier for you to ask for forgiveness while the rest of us soldier through on our own? Perhaps if your priorities had been in order you could have dissuaded your daughter, as you so highly disagree with her decisions. You weren't here to have a voice when it was wanted most—why?” For a family so keen on thrashing those that had abandoned them—and perhaps rightly so—he felt he knew which tune to play. They had been abandoned and for what? A vacation? Fear of the unknown, the future? No, he believed it more than that, knew it to be more than that, and sought those answers. Charon had claimed not to care about Dirge not that long ago in churlish tongue, and he wondered if he would feel that way now.

kit also said i could go on ahead too