“Validar Nukrumah Forneus! How could you…?! There is nothing unnatural about it! So long our grandson loves his partner, and is happy with him, then that is all that matters. If the fates have willed them together, then they belong together, no matter the individuals involved. How dare you say such a thing…?! Are you doubting fate?”
Hurt is the very first thing that dares to set onto the sage’s pale features, for while she knows the sorcerer is quite the callous and cold individual, never did she think that her husband would say something so sensitive to her face– to usher words so cruel about their family; a topic he should know would harm her so. Perhaps, for their generation, a union between two people of the same gender was not common– or, at the very least, were kept hidden out of fear of being ostracised by others–, however, that does not mean that the mother feels the slightest bit adverse to it. No– the sage has always believed that so long as a couple loves one another genuinely, then nothing else matters, and thus, she will not budge on her stance. She could not be happier for her beloved grandson or his partner.
“I am perfectly fine with attending his wedding, and I shall stand by Inigo’s side with pride… and though I love you dearly, and want nothing more than for you to join me in doing so, if you are going to act like this, then… then perhaps you best not come at all. Or perhaps you should cast a hex upon yourself so that you remain silent.”
Wine red eyes can only widen upon hearing his wife’s response, his mouth threatening to hang open as he observes the woman, for once, opposing his stance on something in such broad manner. Him, doubting fate? Of course not--just because he believes the marriage of that boy to another to be revolting does not mean he doesn’t believe in fate. But he also cannot deny that what his wife--his soul mate, his second half--, has to say has some merit, and never would Validar simply refuse to hear her out, for he sees the woman as an equal. And that would prove to be both a blessing and a curse for the sorcerer. He truly does not want to doubt or argue with his wife, but he also not like being questioned on whether or not he truly believes in fate, for was it not fate that brought himself and the woman together? And all of this simply because he called out his grandson’s union with that boy. He knew Naeva cared for their family with a passion he honestly could never understand, but to go as far as putting her foot down with such vigor to defend that boy? If the man didn’t have so much respect for his wife, it would have only angered him. Instead, he feels surprised and somewhat irritated by it, but also oddly proud of the woman.
Dark, aged features contort his shocked expression to more a somewhat irritated one, although he dare not shoot a harsh glare with red eyes his wife’s way. Instead, a scoff leaves his lips, his snake-like eyes not leaving his wife’s.
“Of course I am not doubting fate, woman. I am merely saying the course that fate has chosen to take for that...boy, is unprecedented. Never in my lifetime have I ever heard of such a union--it makes no sense, and I do not believe it would be productive. Naeva, you know just as well as I how frowned upon that would have been when we were their age,”
Although the last bit of his words of are said in a matter-of-fact manner, the man’s scowl is instead replaced with a genuine frown at hearing the suggestion that he not go at all from his wife’s own mouth. Yes, he just made it clear he would rather not attend that wedding, but to hear it from his partner strikes an odd...sadness in the man’s heart. He does not want to go, but he also does not wish to be without his wife’s company, especially after hearing her say she would love for him to attend the event with her. Part of the sorcerer almost wishes he had not said his stance on the boy’s wedding, or at least not within earshot of his wife.
“...If I do attend that wedding, it would be for you, not for that boy, or anyone else. So if you wish me to go with you, then I shall, but that does not mean I will enjoy it. You can expect me to accompany you, but you cannot expect me to change my stance on the subject, my wife.”