Redsand Canyon I got a hankering for four wide tires

fennec spoke and germanicus saw her worry take root.

for a long moment the imperator was silent. he knew that ruenna was between them. he had said these things aloud. and yet he saw her hesitation and how she desired this vow above all else.

pain lanced through his eyes and for the sake of openness he allowed it to tinge his voice. "ruenna divorced me the day that she left." and now perhaps she might hear the root of his pain.

"i love her. i always may. but our marriage is ended. and i have made a new commitment. it is not a show of faith to put you aside, should she return, fennec. it is not an act of love." it was one of desperation. and he could not fathom that ruenna woul demand he end his bond to the principales.

he longed for the redsand woman to return and to look upon him with knowing eyes. his heart beat for it.

but it could not change the fact that germanicus had moved forward. "if she returns and my feeling is so great i would — consider something so unworthy, i promise i shall tell you." his voice was somber. he was not offended, he was shocked on fennec's behalf that she would ever have been hurt so greatly as to ask this of him now.