[This time her salute is smoother, unburdened by so much buried physical pain. The wounds to her spirit will take much more time, bared as they are over so many older scars.]
We will all have need of each other before this ends. [She closes her eyes and nods to him.] As you suggest. I will inform the guard of your plans to move them home.
[There is one other matter - one she would not dare mention in front of another, not even the Exarch's most honored guests. Those who slay the Lightwardens are not to be privy to a moment of...faltering hope.]
You...don't mean to agree to Vauthry's demands.
[It isn't quite a question. Lyna believes fully in the Exarch's adherence to his vow to keep the Crystarium whole, no matter what Eulmore throws upon the walls. But she wants to hear it in his voice, from his lips. To have that to carry her out the door and back to the men and women who lost so much today. If she has overstepped her place, so be it.]
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We will all have need of each other before this ends. [She closes her eyes and nods to him.] As you suggest. I will inform the guard of your plans to move them home.
[There is one other matter - one she would not dare mention in front of another, not even the Exarch's most honored guests. Those who slay the Lightwardens are not to be privy to a moment of...faltering hope.]
You...don't mean to agree to Vauthry's demands.
[It isn't quite a question. Lyna believes fully in the Exarch's adherence to his vow to keep the Crystarium whole, no matter what Eulmore throws upon the walls. But she wants to hear it in his voice, from his lips. To have that to carry her out the door and back to the men and women who lost so much today. If she has overstepped her place, so be it.]