PAST
"Speaking of Leo, I wonder where he's gotten to right now..."
Leo had been, for lack of a better word, hiding from the group. He wanted to think, and he wanted to do it alone. Everyone was, luckily he supposed, preoccupied with the new girl, and so he sat alone on an old tree trunk, his elbows on his knees and his fingers steepled before his face. His thoughts were deep and of an unusually dark nature for him; similar to how he used to be before he had went to Ironmill to rein himself in. It seemed to him that with that first broken vow he had lost most of the self-possession he had been taught... and there didn't seem to be a way to get it back.
It may only be a matter of time. Fezz is my twin in more ways than he realizes... but unlike him, I never waited to be hurt before I lashed out until I was trained otherwise...He folded his fingers together and rested his nose against the joined joints, the ends of his thumbs against his chin.
But although we are twins, we are also opposites. Finding love seems to be making him a better person. But me? It's just turning me back into who I used to be. Perhaps it's because now I have something worth fighting for that I want to fight again...He shelved those thoughts. He had other things on his mind.
This 'emperor's sword'... Why should we hand it to Duke Sepin? Or Matilda? Perhaps we should consider keeping it for ourselves and putting one of our own on the throne. I trust all of them far more than I do any of our 'allies'.
PRESENT
Leo to 5,8. Give +8 STR to Ciera. "A fair point."That seemed like it was to be his only contribution to the conversation.