Northstar Vale You don't have to say, what you did

That’s stupid.

Antigone sunk below the water again. Like a crocodile seeking respite from the world above. He soaked himself until he thought the feeling of her blood might leave him. Then he rose again and his navy eyes had shifted to something colder. If his father would not say it to this soldier, then he would.

You are a grown man. She is a grown woman. You love her?

Antigone knew the answer to this already. He asked because Reyson had not said it aloud to him. He asked because this man needed to say it.

You love her? Did you ask her to take you as a husband? Did you seek marriage? 

The boy sunk below the water once more, before Reyson could answer. Bubbles rose to the surface of it. 

You say she was not honest with you but you did not give her the chance to be, Antigone said as he came back. She had not returned from the mountain yet. She had not been allowed to tell you what she might have discovered while there.