He had fought tooth and nail like a man craving destruction in all its forms: his enemies, himself— all he could see was blood, and perhaps it was that ruthlessness that caught the Emperor's attentions when so little else in the world did.
"Perhaps he favors strays alone, at the stretching sunset of his rule." Little wonder there is so much friction for it. That he has had to shoulder more than just the difficulties of ceaseless duty and anchoring armor.
Her hands are doing better in her work, he can see it when he glances her way. Good. They will take more meals like this, then. Until she is ready to stretch her wings without him at her back.
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He had fought tooth and nail like a man craving destruction in all its forms: his enemies, himself— all he could see was blood, and perhaps it was that ruthlessness that caught the Emperor's attentions when so little else in the world did.
"Perhaps he favors strays alone, at the stretching sunset of his rule." Little wonder there is so much friction for it. That he has had to shoulder more than just the difficulties of ceaseless duty and anchoring armor.
Her hands are doing better in her work, he can see it when he glances her way. Good. They will take more meals like this, then. Until she is ready to stretch her wings without him at her back.