[NOUR]
"You stayed conscious of your surroundings… It would have just been another daydream… But this one wasn't," the king said in the calmest of tones. He sounded proud even of how Zaire had handled himself.
Zaire wasn't sure if this was the right time for all this. But then again, over the years, his fake family and the king had been the ones to anchor him through and through.
This time would be no different, only that he had an Erasthai and that had fueled his fear of losses. After all, he had grown up with the worst of histories, not to mention his little brother grew up fucked and vengeful.
He just had to trust that everything would be alright, and he wouldn't tear through people's intestines just to get an ounce of peace in Acrod.
"As for the assumption that someone is coming, don't think too much about it. Many have come and left. Whoever it is this time will just be a statistic that counts for tourism in Acrod," King Cassius reassured.
