Graceful Descent

[Victor Steiner]

How easy it is to just agree when what one wants is so close, how painful it is to be torn apart by vast oceans of difference when only a few short moments ago, it was almost like they were touching. You forget, I am also helping you. Should I truly wish for the destruction of your kin do you not think I would have acted already? Do you not think Edmund would have acted back when he held command of the Bretonian Fleet? Did he not entertain your family even against all advice? Have not I? How true is it really then, to say we seek your destruction? We do not agree true, we often argue. He smiled at the thought, arguing like two lovers was indeed a common pastime. Yet here you are, in my home because I think you know us to be, if nothing, reasonable. You were not thanked, neither were we. It is a thankless job, Bretonia...the Crown, they care not for lavish displays of gratitude as well you know.

He paused now, quietly contemplating his next move. Was there anything more he could add? He risked his next move, giving little consideration for the consequences You were not thanked then...if I may be so bold he leaned in and delicately kissed her on her cheek before pulling away and looking in her eyes Thank you.