[The halting way she speaks says more than her words ever could. Once more, he thinks of the bodies -- Dravanian and Ishgardian alike. The hesitation only makes his respect grow. There were far too many souls upon their star that would gladly stand upon a mountain of bodies simply to gloat.
He clears his throat.]
I refer to your stalwart faith in what you knew to be true. [And what was faith, if not a double-edged sword. On opposite ends of the battlefield, they had learned the exact damage of what faith could do in the wrong hands. Yet without it, people were just as helpless.
Just as prone to despair.
But that was a subject for another time. Aymeric knows that they could spend hours debating the specifics, of that he is sure. But that seems more a conversation to be held in person, rather than something as distant as this. It seems more appropriate, then, to shift the conversation.]
It should only take a matter of bells to alter our course and begin the journey to meet you, and then a few days more for travel. Do we have your blessing to begin the process?
no subject
He clears his throat.]
I refer to your stalwart faith in what you knew to be true. [And what was faith, if not a double-edged sword. On opposite ends of the battlefield, they had learned the exact damage of what faith could do in the wrong hands. Yet without it, people were just as helpless.
Just as prone to despair.
But that was a subject for another time. Aymeric knows that they could spend hours debating the specifics, of that he is sure. But that seems more a conversation to be held in person, rather than something as distant as this. It seems more appropriate, then, to shift the conversation.]
It should only take a matter of bells to alter our course and begin the journey to meet you, and then a few days more for travel. Do we have your blessing to begin the process?