It's never the same

As he mentioned adding the secret tunnel to her list, she made a note accordingly. Not even registering that he had been joking about it initially. His warmth was fairly welcome though.

She then tilted her head at him as he mentioned the promise to his grandmother, and how complicated it was about the next generation of leadership.
She furrowed her brows trying to make sense of it, he made a promise... But the one he made the promise to was gone now, why was the promise to the dead so important to uphold?
"Oh... Why isn't Mortis leading then, was he the one that got your belly? Wait, does Spider know?" She asked, trying to get a handle on who was who in Armada and where leadership lay. She didn't want to trip over a taboo with an innocent comment either. Did Bas lead a coup and that's why things were so quiet?

"Speech"