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Staring over at Vorian, violet eyes wondered his form and remembered plenty of the scars he earned witness to a handful of them. He was her senior by a few years, but truthfully she knew him as a peer and a dear friend. They were each other's lifeline to keeping in touch with family separated by kingdoms and people deeply cared for. She loved him as strongly as any friend could love another, for he loved those she considered family beyond her blood. A soft smile reached her lips as a dry chuckle left her throat once they parted. "Were we ever children, to begin with, you and I? It is hard to imagine those days now for the weight of the swords we carry erasers softer memories. Surely it happened, my friend but I can barely remember it."

       '   should  ours  demand  it ,       it  will  happen  without  question ,   ’   derran  had  no  fear  of  loss  for  the  sake  of  reaching  the  destiny  that  was  laid  out  for  them .  if  the  cause  demanded  it ,  so  be  it .  he  was  a  cold  man ,  with  tempered  emotions ,  and  he  could  not  imagine  something  greater  than  his  god .  for  that  was  what  this  was  about  for  him ,  enacting  his  will .  in  fact ,  though  they  were  not  his  own ,  sacrifices  had  already  been  made  by  his  hand .  such  things  had  brought  the  princess  back  from  the  brink  of  death ,  and  such  things  kept  those  individuals  who  were  leading  the  charge  safe  from  being  taken  before  they  could  complete  his  purpose .

        ‘   i  understand  the  need  better  than  most .   ’    he’s  watched  the  way  the  waves  took  and  returned .  he  has  seen  what  giving  something  up  could  get  you  in  return .  it  was  his  own  blood  that  saved  the  only  brother  that  had  not  already  been  claimed  by  the  waves .   ‘   just  tell  me  what  needs  to  be  done ,   ’