[He wants to laugh at Sorey's stupid joke. It's been ages, literally ages since he made one, since Lailah told them stupid puns and made Dezel laugh during an otherwise bad situation. It's been so, so long. But Sorey is real. He's real, he smells exactly like Dezel remembers, he sounds the same. He feels the same right down to the embroidered cloak beneath his fingertips and the back that refuses to bow to injustice.
Sorey is here, and Dezel aches.
He sucks in a breath as he tries to laugh, but all that happens is the prelude to a sob. He'd locked up so many memories after Rose had passed. Sure, he continued living and sometimes he was even happy-- but it was nothing, nothing compared to the joy that was traveling with other seraphim and humans again. Even the Windriders, reborn as the Sparrowfeathers, couldn't replace...
He pulls back slightly, and he knows his eyes are damper than he'd like, but he grins through it. He hopes his hair hides the worst of it.]
You kept your promise after all. I guess I underestimated you, Shepherd.
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Sorey is here, and Dezel aches.
He sucks in a breath as he tries to laugh, but all that happens is the prelude to a sob. He'd locked up so many memories after Rose had passed. Sure, he continued living and sometimes he was even happy-- but it was nothing, nothing compared to the joy that was traveling with other seraphim and humans again. Even the Windriders, reborn as the Sparrowfeathers, couldn't replace...
He pulls back slightly, and he knows his eyes are damper than he'd like, but he grins through it. He hopes his hair hides the worst of it.]
You kept your promise after all. I guess I underestimated you, Shepherd.