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theyoungprinceling asked:

“I think, probably, the answer to that is no.“ [For Revon]

·:¨༺ ✩���✩ ༻¨:·. He doesn't know exactly what the boy is talking about. He has an idea but he can't say the person, more over, monster he's describing rings any bells. A beast that would have considered Sinfonia food with a name that starts with a "V". Vol-something he says.

The knight is shaking his head as he listens. He needs a bit more than what he's been given to get a better idea.

"Ei, I've never heard of such a beast. Well not this beast. I've run into others like him from the sounds of it though. So I highly doubt everything that happened is because he and Sinfonia have a "beef" with each other as you called it. They might have issues with each other but I don't really blame Sinfonia for having problems with someone when they look at him and think he's a meal.

You would have issues with someone of the same reason wouldn't you?

From what I know of them, they're beasts we call Mist Eaters. They are unaffected by the powers within our breath and they consume it as food."

He's sighing as he crosses his arms over his chest and shifts his weight around. Pilvi is gone and it seems he's left with the Windarian and honestly he doesn't really know how he feels about it yet. The gunman doesn't seem like he poses a threat to his Liege but after being at war with those monsters for so long it still just leaves a sour taste in his mouth to think that he currently is being forced to trust Pilvi's safety to Black Wind.

"The problem is those types of creatures tend to have hunting grounds, and Sinfonia has only caught up with us recently. Within the space of this year, so otherwise he was out there by himself the entire time. You said they seemed like they knew each other. So I wouldn't be surprised if that monster has been hunting him for years. I'm not surprised he did what he did.

As for you being unable to hear anything, that was due to his sumunaamio."

He's raising his hand to tap against the metal that's covering his right ear.

"These are made to reduce the sound around us. They cancel out excess noise to give our bodies a break from hearing the entire world around us. So just remember now that you've experience what it does to your hearing. We can hear you just fine. Your normal hearing is ours with our masks on, but we can talk to Cid to see if he can make you something to help with your sight should you get caught in a Mist Cloud again."

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She's turning at the sound of her name being called and her eyes fill with the sight of Sielu standing in the doorway a disheveled mess. This is not what she was expecting so early in the morning, let alone at all. He looks paler than normal and completely out of breath. Did something happen? He looks like he's seen a ghost - but what could have happened so early?

Did something happen to Pilvi? Why come to her and not Revon?

She's rushing over to him with her brother on her heels.

"Sielu, what's wrong dear?" She asks with concern.

⋯✧・♪♫♪・✧⋯ All he can do is curl into Kummisetä as he moves him and he whines a little at the idea of it all. He is hot and cold and his head hurts and his body hurts and his chest hurts and why was there green and why does everything feel fuzzy?

"Kummisetä." He whines "Everything hurts. I don't feel good."

He groans as he lays there. He doesn't know what Varjo is bringing back and he honestly barely remembers him even being here. He wants mother. He wants mother NOW and he - he doesn't want -

He's jerking in the wind's arms as he falls forward and doubles over on himself when his body somehow finds it within himself to throw up when there shouldn't be anything in him left to give. There's a groan and a cry and tears are running down his face from the pain of it all. Why does his chest feel like there are cuts left behind as if he swallowed glass?

Why does everything feel so miserable?

He doesn't want to feel like this anymore. He's couching a few times as puffs of purple come out of him where orange should be, shifting ever so slightly towards red.

"I can't take this anymore." He sobs.

There's the sound of thudding against the floor and he barely has it in himself to move to see what is going on.

"Kapteeni. I brought you everything you asked for."

Varjo? He can't tell what's going on but he assumes he's giving him everything he sent him out to get. He'll do whatever Kummisetä says but he doesn't want a shot right now.

Sitriini is tense in his arms and he doesn't blame him. He's shivering and it has to feel strange to be given a breath from lungs other than his own. He can't be upset in the slightest that the musician is clearly tempted to resist such an action.

He says he's tired and everything hurts. He says he's cold.

"I know, Sunspot," he whispers, blinking away the traces of tears. "I know. Varjo will be back with painkillers. Sielu will be back with Tuli. Everything is okay. We're going to take care of you. Let's get you dressed."

Where is she? Not in her office. Not in Aurinko's study. Definitely not with Leimahdus.

The last place to check that Sielu can think of is with Hiillos, and if she's not there... well, he really doesn't know what he'll do.

He bursts through the door nearly in a frenzy, hair tie long snapped somewhere down the hall and chest heaving with pants.

"TULI!" he calls, doubling over with his hands resting on his knees. By the sounds of it and the transparency of Sinfonia's fingers, they don't have a lot of time for any formalities or proper greetings. He just needs a second to catch his breath.

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|| A little bit behind in doing things today. It's very hot upstairs but my sister FINALLY moved out (thank fuck) so momma said I could move my computer downstairs so I did that and some other stuff so i dont have to sleep upstairs in the heat

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What was the scariest thing about your home world being destroyed? (for Sydan)

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"Can I say everything? The planet tore itself apart and you think I was just okei with that? The planet tore itself apart and then I got thrown into this place with Sinfonia and my brother. Sinfonia almost died trying to break our fall by the way...the impact could have killed him but somehow by some miracle it didn't.

My parents faded and I lost my home. What more do you want me to say? I was at least lucky enough to still have Sielu but now even Sinfonia's gone..."

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Do you ever feel like there's any competition with Pilvi's other binds or do you get on well overall? (for Aamunkoitto)

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"Oh there's a competition alright, but it's not what you think. It's mostly for the prince's free time and attention which mostly involves Sielu over dramatically wilting to the ground with his hand against his forehead as he declares how he can feel the fade coming on because I took the prince from his arms again because it was time for my hour to begin.

As for us fighting? Not really. We've had small arguments here and there but nothing substantial. We're all generally on the same page with each other."

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Doctor Who — In the Forest of the Night  {Sentence Starters}

“Just tell me who did this.“

“So, trip to space, anyone?“

“It is amazing, but I saw it first.“

“You. Have you got a name at all?“

“I’m lost. Please, can you help me?“

“I don’t want to be the last of my kind.“

“I think, probably, the answer to that is no.“

“So, you’re saying it’s an act of aggression?“

“You are enjoying this just a little bit too much.”

“Why can’t we just wait here until they’ve gone?“

“ It moved. It moved. It’s jammed, it’s not locked.“

“We can’t have been asleep for that long, can we?”

“They don’t listen to reason. You can’t plead with them.“

“You see, now, that attitude is… actually very attractive.“

“I am curious. I am bewildered. I am, in fact, enchanted.“

“I didn’t try too hard to survive, but somehow, here I am.“

“Yeah, but what if the wild animals come out and eat her?”

“Was that the amazing thing you were going to show me?“

“I find everything confusing, nearly. So, I don’t say anything.“

“Even my incredibly long life is too short for Les Miserables.“

“No, he called me, actually. I can’t stop him calling me, can I?“

“You people. You never learn. If a child is speaking, listen to it.“

“You didn’t even say hello. You just sprung straight into action.“

“That’s another of the drawbacks of being the last of your species.“

“Are you not even a little bit curious about how? Who? Why? When?“

“Why are you asking me all the questions? Give someone else a go.“

“I’m actually frightened. I never get frightened. Why am I frightened?“

“Everyone seems to know everything about everything, apart from me.”

“That’s what people do when they’re in love. Don’t you know anything?“

“I just want to know the truth. I don’t care what it is. I just want to know it.”

“I thought you said they were in love. Why are they shouting at each other?“

“Today, you thought the world was going to end. You still didn’t tell me the truth.”

“Furious, fearful, tongue-tied. They’re all superpowers if you use them properly.“

“This is stressing me, now. When I get stressed, I forget my anger management.“

“There are very good, solid scientific reasons for being really quite frightened just now.”

“People who’ve lost someone, they’re always listening, always looking, always hoping.“

“There are some things I’ve never seen, but that’s usually because I’ve chosen not to see them.“

“You’re always showing me amazing things. Well, I have finally got something amazing to show you.”

“It’s a human superpower, forgetting. If you remembered how things felt, you’d have stopped having wars.“

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aurinko, do you love revon or do you just begrudgingly accept revon?

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"This seems rather rude, and it's making me sound like some kind of monster. Yes, it's true that Revon and I don't always see eye to eye and that we have a habit of arguing with each other from time to time but that doesn't mean I don't care about him. He's my youngest son's Prime and that makes him part of my family. He's not just a knight that answers to the crown, he is part of my family and I would go to war from if I had to. Even if he wasn't my youngest son's Prime, I would still defend him.

He is a member of my kingdom just like everyone else, and there is nothing about him that makes him less than. Are you singling him out because he's green? You better not be singling him out because of the color of his Mist. He has no control over something like that and honestly I can't imagine anyone else in such a position as Prime to my son. He's the best man for the job, plain and simple."

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What's the most complicated thing about your job as a teacher? (for Sinfonia before Wonderland)

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"Complicated? Well you could ask Sielu the same question we will both give you very different answers and that is because we both have very different students even if we take on the other's pupil from time to time. Sielu takes Usva for me more than I take Pilvi for him though, if only due to my poor health.

From a teaching aspect, it's getting Usva to care. He's a brilliant young man and he could be an excellent musician but excuse my language when I say this, he simply doesn't give a damn about music. Unlike Pilvi, who practically inhales it. Usva's passion in life is just not music so I'm teaching a losing battle.

I admit I've sat in on a few of Sielu's classes if only to leech ideas on how to do so out of him because somehow he took Pilvi from hating the idea of it because of his poor experiences with his previous trials for the position, to practically becoming addicted. He's much more creative with the subject than I am but I was taught by a strict traditionalist so I've needed his view on the subject to broaden my horizons.

Usva always has wonderous things to say whenever Sielu takes him for a little while after I come back from being sick, so he's obviously doing something I'm not. So I sit in on his classes from time to time to try to understand just what he's doing that makes both the boys so excited. Games is one thing I've figured out and Usva loves to be challenged. He doesn't learn well when he's stuck in chair or even in one place, so I've had to change things around to get him up and moving.

I can't teach that way like Sielu can though because I can only do so much before I start to get tired. On the other hand Pilvi. I do take him from time to time and that means back to back lessons. I teach during the very first hour of the day you see, and most of the time Sielu teaches the second. Valo tends to take the first hour because his health isn't much better than mine.

Back to back lessons can be a little exhausting, but thankfully Pilvi is a quiet boy and is more than okei with sitting in one place for a little bit while I explain things to him. He always listens so intently. I guess between the two of them, adapting to different styles is a bit complicated. They both are very different and learn different ways and like different instruments.

Usva likes the guitar and he took the drums quickly. So did Pilvi but what kid doesn't get excited when they're handled a mallet and told they can hit something as hard as they can? Pilvi found his place in the violin however, so even if it's not my day to take him for Sielu, he still sneaks off to my classroom from time to time for help. Sielu is a cellist after all. He can play a violin but it's not his most beloved instrument like it is mine.

So I'll help him with positioning his body and his hands, holding the bow correctly how to move when he's playing. He really loves his violin and he's gotten quite good at it. Which is a treat for his father considering I learned how to play it for him and now his son adores it too. Still, he understand when I'm tired and need to rest.

Pilvi is much more likely to take my hand and lead me to my couch whereas Usva is much more likely to scowl at me and wait for me to catch my breath and work through it. Usva has more energy than I could ever dream of having and Pilvi is just so soft and gentle. He's always just happy listen and adapting to Pilvi means adapting to coloring.

Neither of my boys learn traditionally which has been difficult for me considering the way I was taught by mother. Perhaps the most complicated part in truth has been more than getting Usva to care but more over expanding my own horizons to see music for more than I was ever taught it could be. It's my passion and my life's work but Sielu has opened doors for me with it that I didn't even think existed."

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⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ He didn't answer his question but at the same time he got a clearer picture of what happened and why Setä Sinfonia did what he did. If there was a beast there that was trying to eat him then he can hardly blame him for moving to such drastic measures. They're even luckier than he's still alive apparently.

Is that what happened to Varjo?

The Cloudy prince sighs at the lack of his question being answered. He'll leave it alone for now but he still doesn't like the idea of anyone treating his uncle poorly - for any reason - but there are other puzzle pieces here he needs to solve first.

"I see. I've never heard of a beast that would hunt us, but the others would have a bit more experience being out in Wonderland's wilds than I would. Revon might know more a bit about it. That still doesn't completely solve the picture for me though. Setä took his mask off and that's just - absolutely insane to me considering the consequences.

He's still not well enough for Cid to reinstall it. So I guess we're fortunate his Mist is mostly harmless. This would have been much more problematic if it were Revon or Opettaja Aamunkoitto. Still I can't imagine being silenced is any fun. It won't hurt you though and Setä's most only lasts for a few hours at most."

He's sighing again as he shifts around in his position with a sad look crawling into his eyes as his shifts the topic ever so slightly.

"Do you remember seeing anyone else there? A man like us with purple hair? He would have had dark skin and golden horns. So you remember seeing anyone like that?"

While Kumo starts explaining, Ling has to shift a bit to actually look at him while he speaks. Right now, up high, he's glad they're alone so no one can interrupt what Kumo is saying and also get in the way of his own thoughts as he tries to process all that is being told to him.

The royal system Mist Souls have is an interesting one, if not a little complex. Although what he catches onto most is this Oath situation. That reminds him of Gramps and Lan Fan and how they swore vows to him as well. It hurts. It sounds similar to how it is for the Mist Souls, with some differences and additional details here and there.

When Kumo mentions how gems break when the royal dies, Ling remembers Sinfonia's necklace and how the gem there was broken. Back then he thought it was because it got wrecked in battle somehow. It seemed the most logical thing. He forgot to ask him about it but now he's glad he didn't. Who knows how poorly that would set him off?

Ling sighs quietly again when Kumo is done. Although he's glad that he asked and now has this information, he wonders if it was the right thing to ask a third party instead of asking Sinfonia, himself. The chances don't seem too high that the man would be willing to share this kind of information, though. Or maybe he's projecting, because he knows he wouldn't go into such detail.

He frowns when Kumo asks what he means when he says he wasn't treating Sinfonia well. He should know, shouldn't he? Ling was snippy with the man even before all this. Surely he would've told Kumo about it, right? Maybe not...

But then he's also asking about the rest of it. Ling takes a deep breath to try and prepare himself.

"I don't even know where to begin...The thing that he was running from was the monster. He has a name but I don't it remember well. The most I remember of it is that it starts with a V. Vol-something. He kind of looks like a dragon, if that's any help. Sin-fon-ia said he's food to him. I don't know if it's for all Mist Souls or if it's just that those two have a personal beef with each other.

The monster is also why he Soul Tapped and made a mist storm. Well...he made the storm first as cover. After that is when his eyes glowed- so I guess that was when he did the Soul Tapping. He was trying to sneak us out of there but then the monster grabbed him somehow. One minute we were together, the next minute he was pulled away from me. He let go of my hand before I could try pulling him back. It was all very confusing because I couldn't see or hear.

I don't really know what happened while he was in the monster's hands. I heard him scream something, which is saying something because I could not hear for the life of me. It got hotter and then I was in his arms and he just shot off like a rocket. I noticed his eyes were glowing even brighter by that point.

It wasn't long after he took off that he crashed and made the ditch. And then...that's all she wrote, I guess. He's been in that room since."

He's going to leave it at that for now so Kumo can process it. He can explain his poor behaviour later if he's asked about it again, but for now the information about the events that happened seem more important than that. He may also be able to learn more about the monster and if Kumo knows him or not.

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What is the worst fight you've ever had with your brother? (for Sinfonia)

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⋯✧・♪♫♪・✧⋯ He's tense before he even walks in the room and he can't believe he called him in here with the state he's in. He feels horrible. His head is throbbing and he's dizzy to high hell. If he throws up during this meeting because he couldn't just come to him, then that's his own damn fault.

Mother insisted that he wasn't well enough for this and Kummisetä will about lose his mind when he hears about this stunt. He knows rumors have spread. He knows everything is a mess. He's a fucking mess and it's of his own damn making. He's lost Sielu and destroyed the best thing that ever happened to him all because he couldn't tell her no.

All because he's scared of her. All because he is terrified of what she would do to Sielu or Sydän if he doesn't comply. So he - he doesn't know exactly what he said but he's sure it was wretched and he's positive that Helakan is about to have a field day with that fact alone.

He doesn't need to look his brother in the eyes to feel the deadly molten gaze that's fixed on him like two small suns focusing their rays to leave burns on his skin. At least Taivas is nice enough to help him when he hobbles his way into his brother's office so he can take a seat on his couch. He's sure he's about to get blown all the way too the Soil because there's no amount of skating just above it anymore.

Taivas helps him take a seat and then closes the door, standing in front of it from the inside and that alone is sign that he is not leaving any time soon. It is also a clear and stark indication to everyone on the outside not to enter. Taivas is not at his usual post and that is never a good sign.

"Sitriini I assume you know why you're here." The solar king snarls at with a growl in his voice.

"Well yeah, you see when the Celestial Mother loves you she forms your mist - "

"- DO NOT give me your sass in this situation, you are JUST above the soil."

"And are you going to be the one to push me in?"

"Sitriini. DO NOT - "

"Helakan. Don't yell at me. We can discuss this like adults."

"I am your king, don't you dare address me so informally. I won't tolerate it from one of my binds."

"Oh there it is. I'm just a bind now. Forgive me Your Majesty, I thought I was to my brother, because I can't be a bind and your brother. You have to choose. You have to pick. You don't get to first name me and talk to me like shit and not expect me to give it right back. I swore an Oath to Usva not you. You can't just get rid of me because you're pissed. You're stuck with me. So PICK one. Am I a bind or your brother because your tone should match who you're talking to, Helakan. So maybe if you don't want my attitude, try not being an asshole first."

"Sitriini Sinf-"

"Helakan, enough."

"Taivas he - "

"I have ears, My Liege. I can hear. Sitriini, enough sass. You still messed up. So be polite and listen. Helakan I will not stand here and listen to you disrespect your brother in such a way. You both are going to talk to each other civilly so help me Tiamat blessed in heaven. What is actually going on here, is I am giving you both the opportunity to resolve this yourselves or I will resolve it for you."

The pair of them is staring at the knight the entire time only nodding quietly as he finishes speaking, arms crossed over his chest from his position in front of the door and he refuses to move.

"Sitriini, you messed up with what you said and did and Helakan, you drug your brother out of bed when he has a concussion. It's going to take a lot of work to calm Tuulta down when he finds out about this. "

"I - just wanted to get the situation handled."

"I know."

The musician is raising his hand shyly to wait for his turn to speak and Taivas nods his direction.

"Yes Sitriini?"

"I - " he's looking at his lap as he speaks. " - I know I did something awful since Sielu won't speak to me anymore and everyone is mad but I - and I'm not saying this to try to get out of trouble - I'm just telling the truth. I can't remember. I don't even know why I have a concussion. Mother and Kummisetä said that I have it because Sielu hit me but that doesn't sound right. I know he's mad at me, so I must have fucked up, but he'd never hurt me. We were just going to go to the play last week."

The solar king's fire simmers down to a dull roar as he lets himself sink into his chair a little as he sighs.

"You really can't remember anything?"

He's shaking his head shyly as he lets himself sink in the couch a little. "Nuh-uh. Nothing. I remember we were going to go on a date on Lauantai (Saturday), but he has my accounts online blocked and when I call him he doesn't answer and I haven't been able to get out of bed to talk to anyone."

There is a deep sigh that leaves the sun as his fire continues to extinguish.

"I wasn't there so I can't quote exactly what was said, but I've been told you called Pilvi's binds part time with part time oaths because the ritual would kill Pilvi anyway."

"I what - oh fuck." He's shaking his head a little as he sighs. "Pilvi is okei isn't he? The ritual it won't -"

"It didn't Sitriini. The ritual already passed. Pilvi went down for a few days but he's okei. It was all a success. What day do you think it is?"

"Tiistai." (Tuesday)

"When? What month is it?"

"Joulukuu." (December)

"Sitriini it's Torstai (Thursday) and it's Maaliskuu (March) it's almost your birthday."

"Wait what? No. That's not right."

The knight crosses the space between himself and the couch only to take a seat next to the musician.

"You were pretty out of it for a couple months Sitriini. You only just started to be able to be up and about but we still don't want you working yet. Sielu burned black when you said those nasty things about Pilvi and his binds and he beat the shit out of you to the point you fell unconscious. That's why you have a concussion and your nose is broken. Sielu pinned you to the floor and Vuorovesi put herself between you and him. Revon and Safiirin had to pull him off of you."

"No no - that can't be right. He - Sielu wouldn't - he'd never hurt me."

"He did hurt you, Sitriini."

"So then - then is he - here?"

"Teaching? Joo. We've handled his situation differently, but we've had to wait to handle yours because we needed you to retain it."

"So then - what do you want? My Oath? I - "

"Not your Oath, no, but you are going to be on probation for a while and I need you to stay away from Pilvi's binds. Keep to yourself and keep your head down. Don't start any more trouble. I can't have this kind of behavior out of someone with royal blood. It's unacceptable."

"But if I can't talk to Pilvi's Binds then how will I apologize? I need to tell him I'm sorry, I can't - I don't want to lose him - "

The King is lifting himself from his seat to come around his desk and sit next to his sibling so he can look him in the eyes at the next thing he says.

"Pikkuveli you already did."

The Symphony erupts in tears as he sobs into his brother's shoulder at the idea of it all. He can accept his fault in this but to lose Sielu - to lose the love of his life. His person. His best friend. His bond.

No punishment could be worse than this.

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⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ Ling wants to know why Setä is so 'obsessed' with him and he says he had been treating Setä quite poorly which makes him wonder what he means by that. If he's been getting snappy with him or pushing him around then Ling might have triggered Setä on accident. It's not like he would have any idea about that though.

"I highly doubt that Setä Sinfonia is 'obsessed' like you say. I've only ever seen him obsessed with one thing in my entire life and that's music and you certainly have no connection to music. As for people, I guess you could say he's obsessed with Opettaja but that's more infatuation. I can't tell you why he does what he does for sure, but I have guesses. If you want to know for sure, you'd have to ask him."

He sighs a little as he shifts his weight around and rolls his shoulders for a moment while he hugs his knees to his chest.

"Part of it could be isoveli. Ah - that means 'Big Brother' and you might have sat him off on accident. My brother, Usva and Setä Sinfonia were very close. Except - isoveli had a habit of being quite cruel with Setä from time to time. I never understood how he could treat his binds in such a way. It just doesn't make sense - ah - let me explain.

As royals, we have people who serve us called Soul Binds. Soul Binds are people who swear an Oath to serve us for the duration of their life. They are to act in our best interest while their Oath is active. A soul bind is cast when a royal and another misterican mix their mist together to form a gem of commitment. All of my binds wear stud earrings in their right ear. Usva's wore necklaces with drop pendants on them. These gems break when the royal they were cast with dies.

Setä Sinfonia made such an Oath to my brother when Usva was quite young. Valo, Revon, Aamunkoitto, and Sielu have also made such an Oath but it was to me instead. They are my binds, and Revon my prime. We use this term to refer to the first of our binds as they act as our guard, our caretaker and the head of our binding hierarchy. All of my binds, answer to Revon before they bring issues to me.

This small section of binding politics used to apply to Setä Sinfonia as he was bound to my older brother through a teacher-royal oath, but isoveli - "

"Isoveli is gone, as is everyone else and Setä Sinfonia isn't coping well. I wouldn't be surprised if you reminded him of isoveli in a way. Usva could be quite rude and pushy. Even more so with his binds. I wouldn't be surprised if he feels some kind of guilt in surviving when his Liege did not. Worse, his nephew and father isn't here to help keep him balanced, nor is Vaari Taivas or Vaari Tuulta or Mummo Tuli.

I wouldn't be surprised if he also feels like a failure because it seems like he's the only one of Usva's binds that survived... the only one of his family beyond myself. That's how he's landed in the position he's and I know he hates it. I haven't finished my path yet so I don't yet have the right to take the throne, so that means Setä has to take it until I can... so by all rights he is our King right now and I am positive that twisted his view on the world.

The reason Soul Binds exist is to support the royal they are bound to. This is because as royals we pledge our lives to the kingdom and live in order to serve our people and now he's King. He's always had to drop his horns but never to this extent. I'm sure his shoulders are feeling heavier than normal. I'm sure he's been taking mental responsibility for all sorts of things we don't know about and I'm sure your safety is one of those things. "

He sighs as his shoulders drag down towards the roof top beneath them even more at the thought.

"But I am curious - what exactly do you mean when you say weren't treating him well. Revon said he was running from something, you say there was a monster and I was told he was soul tapping. Obviously he can't tell me about what happened with his memory blanked out like it is."

There's a lot more to Sinfonia than he originally thought. Most likely because he didn't bother trying to learn about him, but also like Kumo said of him not wanting to share that information.

This Soul Tapping ability sounds intense even if Sinfonia didn't have his health issues, if the price is so big. The medical just happened to make it worse. It sounds really...like someone does as a last resort. It makes sense, considering the situation they were in at the time.

There's a strange pang in his chest when Kumo says Sinfonia doesn't remember anything. He doesn't know how to feel about that. On the one hand, it's probably good that he won't remember the monster and his close call. On the other hand, it's not going to be fun having to rehash the events if, for some reason, Sinfonia asks him about it.

There's another issue with him not remembering the events and that's Ling's horrible attitude. The fact he was purposefully antagonistic. He had been even before that day, but it was really amped up during that time. He won't hide behind Sinfonia's memory loss and act like he wasn't so rude, because he was.

There's something he needs to tell him later. He doesn't know how much it'll mean if Sinfonia doesn't have his memories, though.

It's amazing that Kumo is even bothering to talk to him right now, considering his uncle is in such horrible shape because of him. Memory loss and damage he may not recover from. That's on him. Yet, the Mist Soul is giving him the time of day anyway.

He sighs. "I am glad, but...why is he so obsessed with me? I know there's the thing about him not turning a blind eye because 'I'm a child', as it were. He's mentioned that and he said it's about doing what's right but..."

There's no point in sugarcoating or lying. He'll own up to it.

"I haven't exactly been treating him very well. At all. So I would imagine trying to do the right thing to someone like that wouldn't be easy. If anything, my attitude should've given him reason to not come after me. Is that really all there is to it? Trying to do the right thing? I'll give him credit for sticking to his morals in this world if that's all it is."

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⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ "I don't think he really wanted you to know." He starts with a half sigh as he shifts to pull his legs up against his chest so he can rest his chin down on his knees. "Setä is like a cat in that sense. He's always been one to hide his illness and injuries from everyone around him. Opettaja has always been good at sniffing him out though. Besides I don't really think there is much you could have done even if you had known. I knew as a child but I still didn't understand anything until I was much older. All I knew was that Setä was tired all the time and he got sick easily. I didn't really understand why."

"He's a stubborn man and he always has been. He's worked through his issues since the day I met him, probably before. He was retired from music before either of us were even born. My older brother and I. Injury. Both wrists. So he took up teaching instead and the thing is - even if you knew - even if you knew he has a heart arrythmia and is prone to fainting I doubt you could have got him to not put you first. You're a child, Ling and I don't say that in offense. I say that because Setä is going to go out of his way to protect you because of this singular fact. I gave him that mist because it was a replacement for the medication he is sorely lacking in this world. Still even despite this, he chose you over his own well being.

Apologizing for it, or sitting here and thinking about the 'what ifs' doesn't really do more than spit in the face of what is. I'm sure he did all sorts of things you didn't understand. I'm sure he did all sorts of things that didn't make sense. Revon and Opettaja Valo gave me a basic run down. Soul tapping and Smoke screening. He's not supposed to do any of those things. You remember his eyes glowing, don't you? Revon said you told him that you saw his eyes glowing brightly. That's an ability we refer to as Soul Tapping and it's exactly as it's named. He drew on his own soul for power. It augments our natural abilities by at least a hundred fold, so that means the price of holding it for too long is dire.

We've already given him purple mist multiple times, Ling. Valo gave him his bottle and Cid used the one I gave him for emergencies. It's kept him alive but it's not going to get him out of bed any faster. At least he's awake now. He's awake but he sleeps constantly and he doesn't remember anything because of the concussion. He'll live but he's going to be off kilter for a long time. He did damage I don't know if he'll ever completely recover from. Not without a steady stream of Purple ... or Indigo. Vaari Tuulta would have handled this much differently if he were here but alas."

There is a heavy sigh against his mask as his shoulders rise and fall with the motion.

"There's not much you could have done in that situation. Just be happy you didn't get hurt any more and it didn't end up worse."

He wants to say that he isn't trying to control anyone's emotions. It's just hard knowing that he's the cause of her suffering, when he's already put her through so much already. She deserves better. He'll just have to wait and sees what happens when they're together again.

Instead he simply nods silently in acknowledgement.

He hides his hands in his sleeves when Kumo talks about the mist and how there's another bottle of it. Had he known that back then, he may not have made such a big deal out of it. Not stress out about it so much.

But he didn't know and he felt guilty when he heard Revon looking for the bottle and failing to find it. Because it was used on him. It made him feel bad enough to the point that that's what got him to throw up. Even the next day when he thought about it, he thought that without the mist it would take Sinfonia's body even longer to heal. And it was gone. Maybe he'd be out of that room by now if it was used right away.

"I didn't know he had so many issues." Even if he did know, he isn't a doctor. So if Sinfonia had a heart attack or something, he wouldn't know how to take care of it. "I didn't know. I would've..."

He doesn't know what he would've done, really. Telling Sinfonia to go away wouldn't do shit because he never leaves.

"I don't know...I would have at least helped with the monster a little better. But I couldn't see or hear anything. All I did was grab a pipe and hit something- it wasn't even the monster. Even if I couldn't hear, if I could have just seen- I would have tried to be a little more helpful."

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"Revon? He's a good kid. Lost a lot though. His brothers and his old man they - they were good men but we lost them far too early. Part of me was a little sad to see him enlist too. His Ma' needed him but she went too from illness is what he's saying but part of me thinks it was a broken heart.

Pilvi was the best thing that ever happened to him and you can see it in his eyes when he's looking at the squirt. You don't gotta know everything he's been through to know how he feels about that puffball if you just look in his eyes. Revon thinks of that kid like his own and it's easy to see. No one could have been better for the job of prime for the prince.

Revon is a good one. He's an honorable man, and he is also the best thing that could have happened to Pilvi. It makes this old man's heart a little warm to see the way they interact with each other."