a ray of light shone in my darkness

[bearshermark]

WHO: Eleven + various! YOU, if u want
WHEN: Late May
WHERE: The farm
WHAT: Catch-all for misc threads
WARNINGS: Violence, dark topics?

[ooc: prompts in comments. if you've got an idea for a thread outside of El's open thread that you think would work better here, go for it. If you'd like to work something out, pm or plurk!]

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[bearshermark]

Eleven's jaw set, eyes downcast. He knew that, but still it pained him. He breathed a long sigh and shook his head.

"So," he said again, stretching a leg out, "That makes two of us."

[unswervingcompanion]

It occurred to him that they shouldn't really be having this talk but mentally the knight shrugged it off. "And what will you do when we return home?

His gaze looked up at the stars, searching for answers among them perhaps.

"We cannot stay here forever."

[bearshermark]

"I don't want to stay here forever."

The very idea of that shivered through him unpleasantly. Even covered in darkness as Erdrea was, he far preferred it to the heavy grip of undeath over this world with not even the idea of Yggdrasil to offer solace.

"No," he said, picking dirt off the drape of his coat, "We need to go back and do everything we can- whatever that might be- to make things right."

[unswervingcompanion]

Well hearing that the boy didn't want to stay here forever was a relief. And it felt as if some heavy weight had just tumbled off of Hendrik's broad shoulders.

His eyes remained forward and he sighed, trying to let the relaxation sweep through him because he had wondered many nights what the other was thinking about this place versus Erdrea. So he closed his eyes momentarily and spoke softly.

"There will be much more work to do."

[bearshermark]

"Yes," he agreed with a bit of a hapless shrug. Talk of what they would do when they returned to Erdrea felt so far-flung.

"But we have a lot of work to do here before we even get that far." It would take months more at the very least, he was sure.

[unswervingcompanion]

Hendrik knew he had to keep his attention on the here and now, it had just been such a relief to hear the other speak of home even if for a moment. "Yes and we will do as much as we can to help here before we return."

In the meantime of course he would keep to his oath and make sure the Luminary didn't get into too much trouble and keep him safe.