The Sunspire I got a heart like a truck

perhaps it was not until he saw fennec that germanicus realized the grave misstep of preparing things for his eyes and not her feeling.

he strode across at once with a chagrined clearing of his throat. "i was making a walkway and a little commons," he explained. "if you find it difficult at all, tell me at once and i shall remove them."

he felt apologetic, as though this was somehow proof he did not think of her needs. and he was unused to such a sensation.

loss. the failure of something that had only ever just begun.

perhaps it was the imperator's repression of ruenna that drove his thoughts now. perhaps it was only the concept that he had not been thoughtful in this choice. silently germanicus waited for fennec to give her response, reining back any reaction of his own.