[Oh, and such a look it is! Were he to have known Thancred better (or at all, actually) he more than likely would have found a reason to say something (playfully) untoward. Yet he does not. And it is a good thing- for there appears no love lost there.
Hydaelyn, however, is something that brings about no small amount of conflict for him. Venat, after all, was a dear friend to him. Though Hemera, yes. But also on her own merit.
He had not taken her stance at the Final Days. Differing philosophies, a conflict of morals. Nothing more. Yet what Venat, through Hydaelyn, did to Zodiark, to his people, (even with the benefit of death and with all of the relevant information unclouded) was an act that he saw as cruel. Unspeakably so.
Yet even if he bears the same animosity toward the figure as the Convocation, he differs in one crucial element. He does not bear any ill will toward her children.
Especially not when Thancred answers his question like that. He finds himself smiling, faintly, in turn.]
I have every confidence your people will overcome the trial we could not. Ours, after all, depend on it just as much as your own!
[And...]
We share the same star, each and all of us. Regardless of the form of which it takes now. And each of us has a part to play in protecting it.
Not as large as Himeka's, most certainly! ...Yet I think she will prevail. It would quite the disappointment were everything to be cut short now... and from what I recall of her, she's never one to disappoint.
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Hydaelyn, however, is something that brings about no small amount of conflict for him. Venat, after all, was a dear friend to him. Though Hemera, yes. But also on her own merit.
He had not taken her stance at the Final Days. Differing philosophies, a conflict of morals. Nothing more. Yet what Venat, through Hydaelyn, did to Zodiark, to his people, (even with the benefit of death and with all of the relevant information unclouded) was an act that he saw as cruel. Unspeakably so.
Yet even if he bears the same animosity toward the figure as the Convocation, he differs in one crucial element. He does not bear any ill will toward her children.
Especially not when Thancred answers his question like that. He finds himself smiling, faintly, in turn.]
I have every confidence your people will overcome the trial we could not. Ours, after all, depend on it just as much as your own!
[And...]
We share the same star, each and all of us. Regardless of the form of which it takes now. And each of us has a part to play in protecting it.
Not as large as Himeka's, most certainly! ...Yet I think she will prevail. It would quite the disappointment were everything to be cut short now... and from what I recall of her, she's never one to disappoint.