"One of many things," he agrees. Her voice is lulling in the best possible way; she makes even the complicated bits sound easy to accomplish, and she paints a picture not unlike the one he'd offered her. A way to move forward, to be more than he'd started out - to remember the past without becoming mired in it.
Perhaps that's what they both need, at this point. They're finding out just who they are on their own, and what it means for the two of them together. Each of them has a future to shape, one bloody step at a time.
"I know what I want for Whitestone," Percy goes on, thoughtful, as he pauses and knocks a stone off the path. (It's a multi-step process, at the moment: Glance down at the ground, notice the rock, stop, balance against the cane, kick it away. Slow and deliberate to the point of annoyance, but far preferable to tripping.) "Prosperity. Security. A lot of broad-minded buzzwords that really just mean I want everyone here to feel safe at last. And I've some ideas for how to get us there - new building projects, maybe investigating new ways to farm and mine stone. But when it comes to everything else..."
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Date: 2025-01-04 09:39 pm (UTC)Perhaps that's what they both need, at this point. They're finding out just who they are on their own, and what it means for the two of them together. Each of them has a future to shape, one bloody step at a time.
"I know what I want for Whitestone," Percy goes on, thoughtful, as he pauses and knocks a stone off the path. (It's a multi-step process, at the moment: Glance down at the ground, notice the rock, stop, balance against the cane, kick it away. Slow and deliberate to the point of annoyance, but far preferable to tripping.) "Prosperity. Security. A lot of broad-minded buzzwords that really just mean I want everyone here to feel safe at last. And I've some ideas for how to get us there - new building projects, maybe investigating new ways to farm and mine stone. But when it comes to everything else..."