Barrier Gulch desire and need and failure all spell out

all tragedies. remarks dracarys when he is told what had become of the children whose laughter and childish wonder had once filled verapaz. tragic, but not entirely uncommon. life was harsh, unfairly so.

another small flick of his ear is given as kemal talks of looking for a wife; though the sandviper remains silent upon the words that did not entirely sound like they were meant for him. that dracarys himself was of an age to both wed and sire children did not go unnoticed by the sandviper, something he considers vaguely in the here and now.

but, too, the fear that he would become just like his warlord father: interested in nothing but conquest, in expanding his harem and siring children... that loyalty meant little creeps in. it was the only example of 'husband' and 'father' that dracarys had and for that, he tucks away those thoughts for now.

i will stay and i will help to recruit. decides the sandviper after a stilled moment.