[ Such is the way of war. Aymeric knows full well the toll that war can take and the cost that it requires. How many good men and women has he seen fall over the long years of the Dragonsong War? And as long as strife and fear remains, there will be more wars to come and more lives lost.
He hopes and prays that no harm will come to Alkaid and her sister, but his own experiences tell him that even the most fervent of prayers may not be enough to protect those he loves most. After all, he very nearly met an end himself, a thing that only confirms for him the fragility and uncertainty of life.
But even so, he is resolved to do what he can to offer her safety and what little protection he has to give, even should the cost to him personally be great. He would rather live out his days with her and grow old with her, but he would just as soon throw himself on the proverbial bomb than see her life end before its time.
As for her fears and worries concerning her changed appearance, he has only one thing that he could say to ease them. ]
Even if you were to leave for your next mission and returned with other changes to your appearance, however they were to occur, I would still see you as the most beautiful person alive on this star. Because you are, Lantaa, and not only because of the way you look.
[ And if she cannot see herself in that light, then he shall have to continue to tell her that in his eyes, she is nothing less than the finest woman he has laid eyes on, both inside and out.
As for K'thisru, if she were here, she would be quick to pull her sister into a hug and tell her that she will always need her big sister, no matter how much she grows up. Even though she now has someone at her side to share in adventures and travel with, nothing will replace the times they spent together in each other's company. She is her sister and she loves her more than she can ever hope to say, and that will never change. ]
Lantaa, you have nothing to be sorry for. You never have.
[ In the seconds before the knock sounds on the door, Aymeric's hands move to lightly grip Alkaid's shoulders, and he does his best to lock eyes with her. He loves her in the moments when she is whole and happy and he loves her still in these times where it seems that she is falling apart. His resolve to comfort her and help her put the broken pieces back together has never wavered, not even once. ]
I love you, and I know that I always will.
[ And having said that, he turns to that he might face her and wrap his arms around her frame, if she allows him to. The steward may very well enter soon, having seen to their dinner, but Aymeric does not mind if he witnesses this moment between them.
He means to pull her in closer, to let her head rest upon his chest or his shoulder or wherever she lands, and to give her all the comfort and love that he can pour into his embrace. ]
I am right here, and I promise not to leave you. [ He knows he would fight anyone who tried to separate them now, and even if they were to succeed, he would fight with everything that he has to return to her. ]
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He hopes and prays that no harm will come to Alkaid and her sister, but his own experiences tell him that even the most fervent of prayers may not be enough to protect those he loves most. After all, he very nearly met an end himself, a thing that only confirms for him the fragility and uncertainty of life.
But even so, he is resolved to do what he can to offer her safety and what little protection he has to give, even should the cost to him personally be great. He would rather live out his days with her and grow old with her, but he would just as soon throw himself on the proverbial bomb than see her life end before its time.
As for her fears and worries concerning her changed appearance, he has only one thing that he could say to ease them. ]
Even if you were to leave for your next mission and returned with other changes to your appearance, however they were to occur, I would still see you as the most beautiful person alive on this star. Because you are, Lantaa, and not only because of the way you look.
[ And if she cannot see herself in that light, then he shall have to continue to tell her that in his eyes, she is nothing less than the finest woman he has laid eyes on, both inside and out.
As for K'thisru, if she were here, she would be quick to pull her sister into a hug and tell her that she will always need her big sister, no matter how much she grows up. Even though she now has someone at her side to share in adventures and travel with, nothing will replace the times they spent together in each other's company. She is her sister and she loves her more than she can ever hope to say, and that will never change. ]
Lantaa, you have nothing to be sorry for. You never have.
[ In the seconds before the knock sounds on the door, Aymeric's hands move to lightly grip Alkaid's shoulders, and he does his best to lock eyes with her. He loves her in the moments when she is whole and happy and he loves her still in these times where it seems that she is falling apart. His resolve to comfort her and help her put the broken pieces back together has never wavered, not even once. ]
I love you, and I know that I always will.
[ And having said that, he turns to that he might face her and wrap his arms around her frame, if she allows him to. The steward may very well enter soon, having seen to their dinner, but Aymeric does not mind if he witnesses this moment between them.
He means to pull her in closer, to let her head rest upon his chest or his shoulder or wherever she lands, and to give her all the comfort and love that he can pour into his embrace. ]
I am right here, and I promise not to leave you. [ He knows he would fight anyone who tried to separate them now, and even if they were to succeed, he would fight with everything that he has to return to her. ]