Things have changed

Thalia · 05-04-2020, 06:50 PM

Though beyond grateful that Saren was home, she was still reasonably wary when it came to him. She had no reason to believe he wouldn't stay for good, but the worry still tugged at the back of her mind, faint but still present. Even now as she trailed his scent, she was worried it would lead to nothing, but immediate relief flooded her when he came into her vision. He was here still - and finally she let the faintest hint of a smile touch her lips, forced but not entirely disingenuous. "I'm here," Thalia answered a bit stiffly to his request to talk. They were talking, weren't they?

Though he said he was doing well, settling into his den, he quickly got into what he'd wanted to talk to her about. He had questions about what had happened. Her brow furrowed in slight confusion, though she took a moment to think before responding, finally settling down on her haunches into a more comfortable position. "What do you mean, exactly? The volcano took Malleus's life." Getting too deeply into what she believed had caused the disruption felt like a conversation she didn't need to spark right now. "None of us really knew what to do, what God wanted of us, after that. Pyrrhic was the first to tell us what had happened, so we decided to follow him, but he didn't truly want to lead. We just needed.. someone."

Where had the rest of the Empire gone? The weak hadn't been strong-willed enough to stick around and wait for a sign of what they needed to do. Sometimes all it took was time to watch the pieces fall into place and arrange themselves more clearly. "Pyrrhic wanted Eligos to rule after awhile, and no one objected. He wants things to be different... he doesn't want to see us hide away from the rest of the world. He wants us to flourish - really flourish - and he wants the world to know who we are." Thalia's eyes flashed with interest. "Not like some of our ancestors, who wanted to just... take and take and take," Thalia explained, though to her that kind of existence didn't necessarily sound awful, either. "But he wants us to really matter." She could go on, and she felt a sudden burst of passion as she began to speak, hoping Saren understood. He'd always shied away from the crueler aspects of the Abraxas upbringing as a child, she remembered as much; surely this was a better way of existing, in his eyes?

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