@GhostOfKashi [Hiryuu kept quiet, observing the scene with a smile of his own]
[Even if he wasn't, exactly, a stranger to this family, it was hard not to wonder, if he was intruding]
[He was an exact part of the soul Yona didn't need, after all. Not for now, at least]
[Still, he was happy]
[For one of them it wasn't going to work...]
[Couldn't work]
Oh, Abi... [he muttered, closing his eyes and trying to breathe evenly] I am so sorry.
[And it was just the beginning of it]
[Hiryuu was staring at his hands with some sort of fascinated detachment]
[He knew, he was ill, and that his time was nearing. At the very best, there was probably a year more. Or two, if he was really daring]
[He knew that]
[But it was the first time, when he noticed...]+
[how thin and sickly he was getting by days]
[So that was why the dragons avoided looking their king in the eyes, when they could]
[Hiryuu was so ignorant...]
[But that wasn't the fact, that made his hands tremble]
[It was just that no matter how they averted their eyes...]+
@GhostOfKashi [And just like that, they both were standing a few steps, — and a world, — away from a barely noticeable flash of pink and red amidst greens of the bushes, that was Yona's current hiding place].
There she is [he said fondly, turning to the girl's mother].
@GhostOfKashi [Hiryuu allowed himself a little smile upon a new nickname and placed himself beside the other ghost]
Just remember your daughter and focus on her presence. That should do it.
[He said, gently guiding her to where he felt Yona was]
[The world around them shifted]+
@GhostOfKashi Do you want to look right now?
[He asked, ready to help. Thousands years of experience aside, it was especially easy to locate a soul he used to be a part of]
@GhostOfKashi You don't have to see the future to help her
[Hiryuu assured with a sad smile]
If what we do now that we passed didn't mater at all, we wouldn't be here.
I think, somewhere deep down they know, we are still watching over them. Yona knows it too, even if she is young.+
@GhostOfKashi Is there something you would like to do?
[He asked, curious. This child was quiet and reserved, but she was here, instead of fading quietly into the calmness of death]
[There was unmistakable sparkle of purpose in her]
@GhostOfKashi I'm staying with my family, or watching the living.
Or... just waiting, I guess. [Mostly for Zeno, because now it's Hiryuu's turn to wait.]
You can do a lot of things as a spirit, actually, even if it doesn't sound very exciting at first...+
@TheFirstSeiryuu@GoldenSkyDragon Incognito. Fishing or hunting. Or just camping. Guen says it's a perfect way to gain some "real life skills".
And we wouldn't need to scare anyone, if we are not taking any servants with us.
@TheFirstSeiryuu@GoldenSkyDragon Wether or not we want to cook is a bit irrelevant, Abi. [The king sighed with a resigned smile,but decided to let it go.]
[After all, whether he liked it or not, there was always a distance between royalty and commoners.Unless...]
You are giving me an idea! We could go on a trip+
@GhostOfKashi [There's also an echo of the acute longing Yona feels for her mother]
[It's love and ache for his own family]
[So the old spirit smiles]
It's allright, you'll get used to this pretty soon.
You can ask me, if you need anything.
@GhostOfKashi You never asked anyone else all this time?
[Now he is worried. Even if this Hiryuu is nothing, but a shard of his own past memories, he is still connected to the new incarnation]
[So what he feels isn't just a worry for untimely deceased child. Nor just a care for a priestess]+