Fate Draws Us Together
Ikigai
Defender
06-30-2022, 08:18 PM
Deimos nodded in agreement to the idea of returning to Manea well rested after staying for a few days in Ashen and once she pointed out her protection detail that he hadn’t originally noticed following them them through the trees he smirked and glanced around them at the well trained dogs that kept an eye on the Princess. Clever. So that’s why she had been so willing to allow him beyond the border then. It seemed as if she had a sharp mind about her as well as all of her gifts and looks. It was becoming even more imperative that he snag her as his own the longer he was with her.
As the conversation shifted and they discussed Poe and her betrothal to him, he turned his attention back to Ikigai and took in the indifferent nature of her opinion of his cousin. That reassured him that this was indeed a match made from some kind of political, familial gain and not from a true connection or desire from Ikigai’s part of things. That was all the reassurance he really needed to make him believe he still stood a chance, especially once she said that it had been Manea’s choice to pair her with Poe simply because her son had been too young to be an option. Well, perhaps he could offer an even more appealing choice than Poe then. “Yes… Things will work out as they should,” he repeated back in agreement, a small smirk tugging at his lips as he looked back over the landscape they were moving through.
It wasn’t exactly a surprise to hear that Manea had children considering the amount of time that had passed and what could have happened in his absence, but as he considered the fact more it began to nag at his mind. His youngest sibling who just so happened to be born the more favorable sex in their family and landed herself the position of the Matriarch given her more appealing traits and personality for the job than their older sister now had a pack, assumedly a husband of some sort, and children—and those were just the few achievements he had come to know in this short amount of time. Even though he had a year head start on Manea for at least the family aspect of things he had fallen short and it was another example of how that theme had continued to reoccur in his life. He wasn’t going to let what he wanted slip away this time. No, he’d pull whatever cards he needed to pull to make sure plans were changed.
As they reached the dens that Ikigai had apparently been leading him to, he looked to her with another warm, inviting smile, saying, “I appreciate your hospitality. If you don’t have anything else more pressing for your time… would you like to stay and talk for a bit? Or perhaps there’s something else I can help you with while I’m here? I would enjoy getting to know you better.”
"Deimos Mendacium"
As the conversation shifted and they discussed Poe and her betrothal to him, he turned his attention back to Ikigai and took in the indifferent nature of her opinion of his cousin. That reassured him that this was indeed a match made from some kind of political, familial gain and not from a true connection or desire from Ikigai’s part of things. That was all the reassurance he really needed to make him believe he still stood a chance, especially once she said that it had been Manea’s choice to pair her with Poe simply because her son had been too young to be an option. Well, perhaps he could offer an even more appealing choice than Poe then. “Yes… Things will work out as they should,” he repeated back in agreement, a small smirk tugging at his lips as he looked back over the landscape they were moving through.
It wasn’t exactly a surprise to hear that Manea had children considering the amount of time that had passed and what could have happened in his absence, but as he considered the fact more it began to nag at his mind. His youngest sibling who just so happened to be born the more favorable sex in their family and landed herself the position of the Matriarch given her more appealing traits and personality for the job than their older sister now had a pack, assumedly a husband of some sort, and children—and those were just the few achievements he had come to know in this short amount of time. Even though he had a year head start on Manea for at least the family aspect of things he had fallen short and it was another example of how that theme had continued to reoccur in his life. He wasn’t going to let what he wanted slip away this time. No, he’d pull whatever cards he needed to pull to make sure plans were changed.
As they reached the dens that Ikigai had apparently been leading him to, he looked to her with another warm, inviting smile, saying, “I appreciate your hospitality. If you don’t have anything else more pressing for your time… would you like to stay and talk for a bit? Or perhaps there’s something else I can help you with while I’m here? I would enjoy getting to know you better.”
