We sink

Well, he was smart. She gave him credit for that. Arian always seemed to just take things when they came, but not in a good way. She'd been noticing that about her, trying to do things or fix things that should have been left well enough alone. Which she figured was why Imperium didn't respect sonticus. Her friend tried too hard, she supposed. God's rest her soul. At the last part of her sentence, she shook her head in disagreement. "Not always true. I would die trying to protect my children, even if I know it's a losing battle. Sometimes trying to protect others gives you the strength to go beyond your limits. I would go beyond mine for my babies." Perhaps though, it was just a mother's love.

He talked more about this...Zephyra. Wasn't that the green girl? And Ren, she definitely remembered him. She had come across the boy in the battlefield when he was a pup, scared and lost. That is, until his mother came raging and snarling at her and Faite even though they were just trying to help him. There were two others, wasn't there? A brown one and a blue one? Odd family. She was proud of his attitude. Hoping he would keep to his word and not walk away when things got hard. However, the thought was short lived when he mentioned his sister. Was he talking about Holly? "How do you know you failed?" Something was going on that he wasn't telling her. It was obvious by the look on his face, and now her attention was on that, completely ignoring his latter request about seeing her more.