[ A flutter of guilt and uncertainty disturbed the bond, soft, but there.
Cain had never lived in the highlands, Aymeric reminded himself. He didn't understand, couldn't understand the reality of it. There was no frightening away a thing the size of five men that knew it would eat reliably for the foreseeable future if it stole a few loggers from their shelters in the night and tucked their bodies away in a cool den. If slaying those creatures along the road was cruelty, his people had learned it to protect themselves. It was necessary.
But it wouldn't be the first time he'd been wrong about everything all along, and it wouldn't be the first time it took an outsider to bring it to light.
He was frowning absently at Cain's palm, running his thumb over scars and bones like rosary beads. He realized belatedly that he hadn't answered, looked up. ]
Yes — apologies for relying upon it; I...suppose you would have liked your first to be more than necessity, the temporary sort or no.
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Cain had never lived in the highlands, Aymeric reminded himself. He didn't understand, couldn't understand the reality of it. There was no frightening away a thing the size of five men that knew it would eat reliably for the foreseeable future if it stole a few loggers from their shelters in the night and tucked their bodies away in a cool den. If slaying those creatures along the road was cruelty, his people had learned it to protect themselves. It was necessary.
But it wouldn't be the first time he'd been wrong about everything all along, and it wouldn't be the first time it took an outsider to bring it to light.
He was frowning absently at Cain's palm, running his thumb over scars and bones like rosary beads. He realized belatedly that he hadn't answered, looked up. ]
Yes — apologies for relying upon it; I...suppose you would have liked your first to be more than necessity, the temporary sort or no.