( I do for myself, or it's usually not done sounds about right, and he nods once, brusquely. Exactly. He can't imagine the same wouldn't be true for a faction at war — after all, in the eyes of the gods, what's the difference between a single man and a community of them? They are both tiny and impermanent. You wouldn't help a colony of ants any faster than a single ant.
Which only cements that the boy does have a point about that latter bit. Should they decide to rise up and exert their will, what chance do any of them stand? )
War or no war, we best hope they stay asleep.
( The baths fall into a contemplative silence — slightly more companionable now than it was at the start.
Really, it's the best either of them could hope for. )
thinking maybe a fade to black here to make room for new event stuff?
Which only cements that the boy does have a point about that latter bit. Should they decide to rise up and exert their will, what chance do any of them stand? )
War or no war, we best hope they stay asleep.
( The baths fall into a contemplative silence — slightly more companionable now than it was at the start.
Really, it's the best either of them could hope for. )