* READY & WILLING !

       “ I’m… not sure, “ Your words were truthful - anything could be helpful. But your lips pulled into a line. “ I can’t really remember a time where I was outside of the fortress, so perhaps a story from that time? You mentioned we were friends, so… I think I’d like to hear one of those stories. “

something rolls to your lips, the memory of your first months at the northern fortress- when kamui hadn’t bothered to learn your name, or your face- when you just wanted to go home, and be at the farthest edge of the country- away from your family and locked in a fortress. 

        “ You know, Silas, “ You spoke, with a tilt of your head. “ Perhaps your stories are jogging something. Could you tell me more, when you have the time? “ They weren’t jogging anything - you just liked hearing him talk ; it was fun.

“ good afternoon, lady megan ! ” a cheerful hum plays on silas’s lips, as he carefully reigns in his excitement. “ how was your morning ? ”