( aspen starts with a bewildered expression, but it softens.
this isn't the first time someone suggested he spar and train. aza did, too. his heart aches fiercely for a moment, but it's compounded. )
Your brother? ( aspen draws his long legs in, settling his arms atop them as he looks to laurent. this is the first he heard of family. the one who attacked laurent, as far as he's concerned, does not count as family. the notion of revenge is so familiar that he has to close his eyes. it's not familiar because he wants to kill whoever hurt his tethers - it's familiar because so much of what happened a year ago was borne from his own thirst for revenge.
he understands. he really does. )
Yes. Aza, Wisteria, and my mother's sword. Those are my tethers.
... so then, Auguste may be... ( if their tethers were harmed to cause this pain, that must mean auguste - and whatever or whoever he won't name - are in peril. he doesn't want to force laurent to explain himself. aspen has long since learned how to expose bits of himself to seem forthright and open, but it's unlikely laurent is the same in this respect. he wouldn't expect laurent to expose himself so blatantly. he pulls his satchel near and begins to rifle through it. ) We'll fix this. Be it with force or wit, winds guide us.
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this isn't the first time someone suggested he spar and train. aza did, too. his heart aches fiercely for a moment, but it's compounded. )
Your brother? ( aspen draws his long legs in, settling his arms atop them as he looks to laurent. this is the first he heard of family. the one who attacked laurent, as far as he's concerned, does not count as family. the notion of revenge is so familiar that he has to close his eyes. it's not familiar because he wants to kill whoever hurt his tethers - it's familiar because so much of what happened a year ago was borne from his own thirst for revenge.
he understands. he really does. )
Yes. Aza, Wisteria, and my mother's sword. Those are my tethers.
... so then, Auguste may be... ( if their tethers were harmed to cause this pain, that must mean auguste - and whatever or whoever he won't name - are in peril. he doesn't want to force laurent to explain himself. aspen has long since learned how to expose bits of himself to seem forthright and open, but it's unlikely laurent is the same in this respect. he wouldn't expect laurent to expose himself so blatantly. he pulls his satchel near and begins to rifle through it. ) We'll fix this. Be it with force or wit, winds guide us.
Did you use the explosives I gave you?