“Good, because it’d be a bother if you started crying in front of me.”
Truth be told, if Aigis was at her limit, trying to shake her out of a stupor served little purpose. He couldn’t fight her battles for her. That wasn’t his responsibility… nor was it really within his ability to do so, anyway. Landel was the one with all the cards, much as he hated to admit it. Landel was the one with control over her fate.
Aidou could in reality do very little to better the situation… aside from fulfilling her request. That he could do.
All the same, the noble was glad she seemed to have strengthen her resolve to delay that potential outcome, if not outright avoid it. After a pause, he nodded, expression taking on a more grave cast. “There is that,” he said simply. “Rest assured, in that matter I won’t fail.”
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Truth be told, if Aigis was at her limit, trying to shake her out of a stupor served little purpose. He couldn’t fight her battles for her. That wasn’t his responsibility… nor was it really within his ability to do so, anyway. Landel was the one with all the cards, much as he hated to admit it. Landel was the one with control over her fate.
Aidou could in reality do very little to better the situation… aside from fulfilling her request. That he could do.
All the same, the noble was glad she seemed to have strengthen her resolve to delay that potential outcome, if not outright avoid it. After a pause, he nodded, expression taking on a more grave cast. “There is that,” he said simply. “Rest assured, in that matter I won’t fail.”