Re: Chapter Two: Choices
Regannos waited for Aria to finish speaking, leaning back into his chair some and looking across the width of the table at her. He hadn't shown any outward signs of his emotions at her choice of words, his finger tips tapping against one another a little bit. The silence would stretch onwards for a moment before he at last leaned forward and started to respond. "I wish things were as black and white as you may think Aria. What matters in this case is not what the task is...but who it is for, and what we can make of it." Rising from his seat, the Half-Dragon trailed his fingers along the smooth surface of the table, walking a few short steps over to look out the window to the city beyond the tower.
"Everything that is done, even for me, is at the whim of my Sire and his Kin. For the look and view of the company, and the standing of my Clan" He added, tone soft, possibly even sad sounding. Though it quickly formed up shortly after that moment. "As you said, I do not have to explain myself to you. But that is something a Dragon does....and I am not one of them" he continued, turning back, though there was something missing from the end of that statement as he looked at Aria. "We are going there because the exposure for the company would be best. The process of Soulforging is not always well viewed, or accepted depending on what circle you exist in, and to turn it to a certain positive would need resources and connections that the company lacks. The last thing I need are protestors outside of this office ready to riot."
Taking a low breath, he continued to look at Aria and added "Freedom of choice, while good as a concept, does not always apply. Is there anything else?"
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