Sunbeam Lair baby, i do what i like

Rejection — it burns, in the way these things always do. He turns away in a smooth, sweeping motion, as if he'd never meant to settle for more than a moment to begin with. He's halfway through the tunnel before he realizes he's leaving, apathetic to whether Daighre follows or not. Regardless, he doesn't stop until he reaches the center of the main chamber, where the light hits brightest. He feels safer there, somehow; further from his emotions, from the tempest locked away inside of him. He'd buried all of that with his mother, and he's determined to keep it that way.