“All things end, all things burn to ash. But you, my friend, burn bright.”
COURIER - [ 🛡️ ] - Still accepting. @gellintalah
A tightened fist, subtle in its honesty, as glassy cerulean pressed against the gilded metal coating a throne he must seem far too small for - lids finally falling as a curtain to a tragedy, forcefully severing his gaze from hers - apologies caught in his throat, piling up against a dam hurriedly built for her sake… to hear something like that, from him, now… would that worsen the blow?
She had allowed him chances for grief, perpetuating his childish antics even in the midst of war, and what could he do for her?
“I failed you - I know that.”
(WHERE WERE YOU, THEN, YOU BRIGHT, GUIDING LIGHT?)
WHERE WAS YOUR WARMTH WHILE THEY BURNED?
The golden youth rose, and the heart-shattering onslaught of a thousand voices crying out, suddenly to become silent weighed on the air around him, lost spirits and betrayed souls, raging against their fate -
And those before him…. those who survived, were crying out for war, roaring for revenge in their unbearable grief, and looking to him for the nod that could send them into an unyielding frenzy - and after all they had done to stand united… this was how they repaid one another. A gauntlet, discarded, and a gentle palm pressed against the top of hers, the young KING kneeling down as his eyes finally opened once again, gaze trained towards the floor. (I’m so sorry.)
;;For that PEACE you seek is still so far