[ He has realized that what makes him happiest and gives fulfillment to his life is ensuring that his city and his people are safe, and that he does what he can to care for Alkaid and show her that he loves her. Just those simple actions of her leg brushing against his and the way she holds his hands brings happiness to him that nearly drowns out everything else he might be feeling.
It does his heart good to see the way her ears and tail lift and how that sparkle shows itself plainly in her eyes. He wishes that he could have seen what she saw and met the individuals that she met, but of course, that is impossible. Still, he knows without a doubt that her words and recollections are more than enough.
He pauses when he sees her ask him to wait, watching as she slides away from the bed and out of the room. As before, he has no reason to believe she will not return, and so he simply contents himself with waiting for his beloved to come back.
When she does, he cannot help the wide smile he gives her, even if it is slightly diminished by the lingering symptoms of his illness. As she begins her recounting of what she knows, his smile falters just slightly, as what he is hearing is hardly happy. He knew that it would not be, and yet it is sobering to hear what was done by the Ancients in the name of saving their star.
He can only imagine how he and so many others would feel if their own star experienced such a dire fate. And without a doubt, he understands the need for desperate measures, but to sacrifice half of the star's population, and then to consider an additional sacrifice on top of that? His eyebrows draw together and his frown deepens with dislike and concern both.
For the moment, until she has finished, he holds his silence, not wishing to interrupt her retelling. ]
It is difficult for me to envision all of this, and yet with your words, I can understand the desperation that the Ancients must have felt. To sacrifice half of their population is no small thing, and while it is easy for me to say that I would not condone such an act, perhaps one's thoughts and feelings shift when faced with such dire happenings. Hydaelyn's choice cannot have been easy either.
[ All this time, he has been doing his best to try and place himself in the mindset of those who lived through this, in an effort to understand their motivations. It is difficult, naturally, but he does sympathize with all of them to a degree. ]
as it should
It does his heart good to see the way her ears and tail lift and how that sparkle shows itself plainly in her eyes. He wishes that he could have seen what she saw and met the individuals that she met, but of course, that is impossible. Still, he knows without a doubt that her words and recollections are more than enough.
He pauses when he sees her ask him to wait, watching as she slides away from the bed and out of the room. As before, he has no reason to believe she will not return, and so he simply contents himself with waiting for his beloved to come back.
When she does, he cannot help the wide smile he gives her, even if it is slightly diminished by the lingering symptoms of his illness. As she begins her recounting of what she knows, his smile falters just slightly, as what he is hearing is hardly happy. He knew that it would not be, and yet it is sobering to hear what was done by the Ancients in the name of saving their star.
He can only imagine how he and so many others would feel if their own star experienced such a dire fate. And without a doubt, he understands the need for desperate measures, but to sacrifice half of the star's population, and then to consider an additional sacrifice on top of that? His eyebrows draw together and his frown deepens with dislike and concern both.
For the moment, until she has finished, he holds his silence, not wishing to interrupt her retelling. ]
It is difficult for me to envision all of this, and yet with your words, I can understand the desperation that the Ancients must have felt. To sacrifice half of their population is no small thing, and while it is easy for me to say that I would not condone such an act, perhaps one's thoughts and feelings shift when faced with such dire happenings. Hydaelyn's choice cannot have been easy either.
[ All this time, he has been doing his best to try and place himself in the mindset of those who lived through this, in an effort to understand their motivations. It is difficult, naturally, but he does sympathize with all of them to a degree. ]
Yes, what of our souls?