โ Old habits die hard, as they say.
My apologies. โ
before the silence rushing into fill the air could turn sourer he added coolly, โ and yourself I hope? โ
he had hoped that day her burden would have lifted. all of them had.
was their hope for what was to come been naught but naivety?
behind his teal lenses Houka glanced over the woman he'd once devoted himself toโ still devoted part of himself to. they'd spoken the words but if +
she believed her four generals would ever have fully released themselves from her service then she had never truly known them.
he only needed a glance to soak it all in. what did it mean? what had happened to her? he'd have to dig and sniff around further into that.
โ All things considered, I am.
Thank you, Lady Satsuki. โ
this distant coolness, this was how it had been in the back then.
what had happened to her in the time he'd been away? it wasn't his place to ask.