Rattleskin Redoubt mandatum

"aquillius is not well." and he had encouraged it! the witch-killing, the blood-letting. consumed by guilt and grief, once more germanicus found himself turned so far inside that valiria's plight went unaddressed.

and yet he felt soon, as the silence grew again, he must say something.

imperator. father.

father.

"you were very brave and controlled the situation well," germanicus said, turning his yellowpaint eyes upon her. 

and in that moment he searched for some part of ruenna.

"i am sorry." for it all. for what had happened. for his absence. for nothing definable. 

he trudged on.