Be Legendary

He folded his ears back at her cutting remarks. Maybe she didn’t openly lash out at him, but he could taste her anger at him in the air.

“I’m sorry.” He said softly, his ears pinning back on his skull. “I’m sorry you had to endure that.” His sight steadily dropped to the ground as they walked, a king once again beaten into submission.

“He said… on the mountain…that day…” He trailed off letting the silence remind them both of that faithful day in the different degrees they had endured it.

“He said he hadn’t abandoned you, but left you with Uncle…But maybe he had just been caught in a lie.” His voice became progressively softer as he spoke until it was just above a whisper. “I don’t think he would have left you if he didn’t have the blight…But I can’t say for certain.” He shook his head and sighed. “I nearly became him while Ruina was around but seeing her like that..." He shut his eyes, biting back the memory of the shattered remnants of her face screaming wide eyed in perpetual silence. He strengthened his resolve and looked at her again "These demons, and this heritage are ours. They can still strengthen us, maybe not his way, maybe not the Ruina way, but in our way. “ He lifted his head slightly, looking at her almost hopefully. Would she take his meaning or had he been too literal?