08-24-2023, 02:59 PM
Nox couldn't help but genuinely laugh at the quip. "Still an asshole." He had told Raffe that upon meeting him the first time knowing that he'd been smitten with Raffe from the start.
He nodded at the friendship. "Wouldn't be a very good friend if you didn't. I'm glad he has lots of friends." Nox wanted to say more. His need to talk still weighing heavy on his soul. He felt lost and talking helped. Even if only just to get his thoughts all out in a jumble.
"Again, thanks for looking after him. Not that you need it for anything, but..." Nox waved his hand like he had something else but could find the words. It was a sentiment he didn't have really. "Unless you have objections to me taking the girls to Kallisti where they'll have a roof over their head, 3 square meals a day and I'll keep them safe. Until I can find something better. That's where I'll be should someone be looking for them."
The software was fully loaded and the tunnel maps were slowly rendering in his vision. He smiled at Ezekiel. "I don't have anything to give the people here, other than my time and my so-called gift, but I'd like to help if you have need of it. Unlike Sage, my offer comes without strings. Raffe's family is my family and I know this is as close as he gets to it. I displaced them to save them, and I know they won't understand what I did. And the whispers are wrong, I wasn't there under Ascendancy's order, nor was it his order that set their homes a flame. It was mine. It was my hunt. My charge to keep the large world safe. But I'd like to make amends in whatever way you or they see fit."
He nodded at the friendship. "Wouldn't be a very good friend if you didn't. I'm glad he has lots of friends." Nox wanted to say more. His need to talk still weighing heavy on his soul. He felt lost and talking helped. Even if only just to get his thoughts all out in a jumble.
"Again, thanks for looking after him. Not that you need it for anything, but..." Nox waved his hand like he had something else but could find the words. It was a sentiment he didn't have really. "Unless you have objections to me taking the girls to Kallisti where they'll have a roof over their head, 3 square meals a day and I'll keep them safe. Until I can find something better. That's where I'll be should someone be looking for them."
The software was fully loaded and the tunnel maps were slowly rendering in his vision. He smiled at Ezekiel. "I don't have anything to give the people here, other than my time and my so-called gift, but I'd like to help if you have need of it. Unlike Sage, my offer comes without strings. Raffe's family is my family and I know this is as close as he gets to it. I displaced them to save them, and I know they won't understand what I did. And the whispers are wrong, I wasn't there under Ascendancy's order, nor was it his order that set their homes a flame. It was mine. It was my hunt. My charge to keep the large world safe. But I'd like to make amends in whatever way you or they see fit."
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