[ He's quiet for a long, long time. In that bout of silence Zephyr counts every beat of his heart, every breath that Dohalim takes, and just sort of... exists. He lets those words sink in and permeate his entire being, letting them burrow into the fragmented mess of his heart and more. He tries to imagine what his late wife would say about this, tries to wonder if she'd be concerned or simply do That Thing where she'd laugh, shake her head and sock him as hard as she could in the shoulder while calling him an idiot and to just go for it.
He knows it'd be the latter. Out of everyone in the Crows, she shared his vision of the future. Dahnans and Renans living side by side in a world without bloodshed. Where they could live as friends, family and even lovers if they so chose.
...Granted she'd definitely get a kick out of this entire situation for one simple fact: Zephyr was a rebel leader, and Dohalim a Renan Lord. An unlikely pair if there ever was one. But even so... ]
...I do. I've been entertaining the idea of it for awhile, but I didn't know if you—
[ A breath, and he swallows. It's deafening in his ears. ]
I couldn't tell if you were after something strictly physical or not.
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He knows it'd be the latter. Out of everyone in the Crows, she shared his vision of the future. Dahnans and Renans living side by side in a world without bloodshed. Where they could live as friends, family and even lovers if they so chose.
...Granted she'd definitely get a kick out of this entire situation for one simple fact: Zephyr was a rebel leader, and Dohalim a Renan Lord. An unlikely pair if there ever was one. But even so... ]
...I do. I've been entertaining the idea of it for awhile, but I didn't know if you—
[ A breath, and he swallows. It's deafening in his ears. ]
I couldn't tell if you were after something strictly physical or not.