Northstar Vale and we're slipping off the course that we prepared

a grin to match his own, complete now with a name. takeshi. and then the vale becomes more than a place she must bridge, and the fire-swept confirms the shift with a slowing of her step; there is no further need to reach the rocky inclines rising in the distance. "I will." 

an empire. starkly different to what she had been offered only a day ago; and yet she finds herself decisive. "I hope I can repay your kindness, my emporer," offers the woman, a flick of her tail-tip accentuating the words that takeshi is free to interpret however he will.

thank you for the thread! ^^ should we fade soon?