Rising Sun Valley maunon

When she reminded him, he did not stand taller like he might have weeks ago, so convinced at the time he was right and angry enough to refuse all other option; now he merely existed there, tense and sagging to the rain.

For a long handful of minutes he was silent. The only sound around them being the gray haze of bad weather, as if Heda had carried a storm upon her back as she had left Rivenwood.

Then he cleared his throat, timed oddly with a rumble of thunder.

I have to leave. He looked at Heda but he didn't really see her, he was looking beyond her, unfocused. I'm the danger, aren't I? That's really why you're here. You're saving Rivenwood from... me.

Whatever else she had said might have been the truth too, but Glaukos could not see how saving him was worth anything to Heda; she was looking out for her children, her sister, her home. The man could not fault her for that.

If he had been a better soldier, none of this would be happening.

I'll go. I don't know where, but...