[She might find this is not quite the surprise party she’d been expecting to help set up. But it’s important to her friend, important to the shared cause they’re supposed to be in together with here, so. Yeah. She’ll do it.
And maybe it’s for the best to follow his lead here, if he’s as all-in on Zenith now as he says he is. She’s been too used to playing the neutral party for most of her life, but it’s been getting close to a year now since she’s shown up here. No longer on Terra, no longer with Rhodes Island—which means it’s no longer necessary to cling to that veil of neutrality that allowed them to do the work that they did. Particularly when she’s already thrown her lot in with one side. She’s gotta make good on that, or what’s the point?
So even if her own footing on treading the Zenith path is more unsteady, she’ll fall back on what matters to her at the most basic level: helping her friends out.]
Well, you don’t need to rely on that alone, alright? I got your back.
[Just gotta be smart about it, right. Gavial usually isn’t one to subscribe to the ‘fight smart not hard’ way of life, but she can see the value of it in something like this.]
Can’t call it a real successful mission unless you get back home when all is said and done.
[ Amos bumps their shoulders before pulling back a little, smiling as he does. She's got his back; he'll have hers if she ever asks for it, too. What else're friends for, right? ]
Well, yeah. I ain't exactly planning on dying.
[ There's good humour in his voice, though; he isn't dismissing the possibility or being flippant about it, but what else can you do, right? Everything is safe and calm right now; no sense in worrying at this exact moment. Especially not with such good company. ]
I mean, I know I might, but I'm working on taking steps to increase my odds. Picked up a new spell I wouldn't have thought to have otherwise that'll keep me stealthy, and... Shit. That's what I got you for, right? And there'll be others, too. We ain't alone.
[ He doesn't quite beam back at her, but there is warmth in his voice, to his expression. Like down in the basement, like in Highstorm proper, and like they will be on this mission — they aren't alone, and they'll all be the stronger for it. ]
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And maybe it’s for the best to follow his lead here, if he’s as all-in on Zenith now as he says he is. She’s been too used to playing the neutral party for most of her life, but it’s been getting close to a year now since she’s shown up here. No longer on Terra, no longer with Rhodes Island—which means it’s no longer necessary to cling to that veil of neutrality that allowed them to do the work that they did. Particularly when she’s already thrown her lot in with one side. She’s gotta make good on that, or what’s the point?
So even if her own footing on treading the Zenith path is more unsteady, she’ll fall back on what matters to her at the most basic level: helping her friends out.]
Well, you don’t need to rely on that alone, alright? I got your back.
[Just gotta be smart about it, right. Gavial usually isn’t one to subscribe to the ‘fight smart not hard’ way of life, but she can see the value of it in something like this.]
Can’t call it a real successful mission unless you get back home when all is said and done.
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Well, yeah. I ain't exactly planning on dying.
[ There's good humour in his voice, though; he isn't dismissing the possibility or being flippant about it, but what else can you do, right? Everything is safe and calm right now; no sense in worrying at this exact moment. Especially not with such good company. ]
I mean, I know I might, but I'm working on taking steps to increase my odds. Picked up a new spell I wouldn't have thought to have otherwise that'll keep me stealthy, and... Shit. That's what I got you for, right? And there'll be others, too. We ain't alone.
[ He doesn't quite beam back at her, but there is warmth in his voice, to his expression. Like down in the basement, like in Highstorm proper, and like they will be on this mission — they aren't alone, and they'll all be the stronger for it. ]