06-12-2015, 09:18 AM
The pattern started to unravel as Aria continued, and he found himself holding the woman in much higher esteem. She may be a hound yearning to break free from the chains that bound her, but Aria was not without a brand of honour he respected.
"If only the other Atharim were as you are,"
he muttered, loud enough for her to here.
He was eager to take her up on the offer of knowledge but her musing on Nikolai held him for the moment. A test? Now that he thought on it, it did seem very much like a test.
Well, he could oblige, but not at the cost of mixing this Nox and the other Atharim renegades - for lack of a better name - in the tangled web Nikolai sought to weave. If he knew anything about the Ascendancy, the web would be deadly for everyone involved.
"I have duties to attend to, I can't say when, but I would like to meet this Nox."
he said. "Unfortunately, it is not for me to ultimately decide. You said that the Ascendancy was not interested in information. What are you here for?"
"If only the other Atharim were as you are,"
he muttered, loud enough for her to here.
He was eager to take her up on the offer of knowledge but her musing on Nikolai held him for the moment. A test? Now that he thought on it, it did seem very much like a test.
Well, he could oblige, but not at the cost of mixing this Nox and the other Atharim renegades - for lack of a better name - in the tangled web Nikolai sought to weave. If he knew anything about the Ascendancy, the web would be deadly for everyone involved.
"I have duties to attend to, I can't say when, but I would like to meet this Nox."
he said. "Unfortunately, it is not for me to ultimately decide. You said that the Ascendancy was not interested in information. What are you here for?"
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."