03-12-2020, 10:03 AM
Not that she was privy to the details, but there seemed a struggle. Tenzin had lived among the spirit-touched of the temple long enough to recognise some of the signs, and she could smell the strength of their emotions. Her nostrils flared, and though she watched them leave she did not interfere. She had wanted to see the man so vilified in her brethren’s eyes; the man who had almost killed Jacinda. But despite the inquisitor’s word and the Atharim’s law, she saw no monsters. She saw a man protecting the things important to him, and like any wild animal, once pushed into a corner of course he would bite. That was simple nature.
She did not berate the other woman for not following orders; clearly that one had her own motive for being here, but unless those intentions caused a scene Tenzin was indifferent to them. “Did not like you,” she said instead, glancing at the woman’s hands.
She did not berate the other woman for not following orders; clearly that one had her own motive for being here, but unless those intentions caused a scene Tenzin was indifferent to them. “Did not like you,” she said instead, glancing at the woman’s hands.