Our people will take heart in seeing you among them.
[They always do. The Exarch has a gift for turning even the longest and brightest of nights into new shadows of hope, with his well-chosen words and his gentle manner. He knows what to dwell on, and what to try to leave behind. How to pick up the pieces.
Lyna salutes one final time, stiffening again.]
When you have need of me you need only say the word, my lord.
[If she isn't nearby herself, someone will be who knows where to find her. Meanwhile she, too, will do all she can, no matter how limited that is.
She makes it to about three steps from the door before her leg gives way, leaving her on one knee and trying not to hiss through her teeth. Damn it all, everything, Light and eaters and Eulmore and every gods-forsaken footstep they try to take toward anything better in this world.
Rather than say these things aloud, Lyna strikes the floor with a clenched fist. This time, she doesn't let her composure crack.]
oops i thought that read as a yes BUT IT'S OKAY gonna work with it
[They always do. The Exarch has a gift for turning even the longest and brightest of nights into new shadows of hope, with his well-chosen words and his gentle manner. He knows what to dwell on, and what to try to leave behind. How to pick up the pieces.
Lyna salutes one final time, stiffening again.]
When you have need of me you need only say the word, my lord.
[If she isn't nearby herself, someone will be who knows where to find her. Meanwhile she, too, will do all she can, no matter how limited that is.
She makes it to about three steps from the door before her leg gives way, leaving her on one knee and trying not to hiss through her teeth. Damn it all, everything, Light and eaters and Eulmore and every gods-forsaken footstep they try to take toward anything better in this world.
Rather than say these things aloud, Lyna strikes the floor with a clenched fist. This time, she doesn't let her composure crack.]