shake it off

It was certainly admirable of her to wait and get all the permission from all the leaders. It was also a good thing to wait, get all the plans in place, but not to wait too long. Kieran would simply keep an ear open for a plan, he would like to go on this trip with her and whomever else she chose. Make himself useful in some way.

"Grief 'as broot me 'ere lady, grief." He shifted his weight, but didn't elaborate. He did not wish to talk of how they had been deceived, how the sworn enemy of him had taken his precious kiva. Had taken her and watched her die as she gave birth to his bastard children. Did not wish to speak of how they used his sister before she died, but she fought the whole way and took pieces of them all with her. How they left him with nothing more than a scar, and a broken heart alone and hurt, how he had been nursed back to health by an old man who never spoke until he left.