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Halcyon sat down on the floor, crossing his legs and placing his both hands on top of his lap. His eyes closed momentarily, then opened to stare right back at Flynn.

[color=fff200][b]"Why keep me in here? When all it does is waste your resources and give the wolf chasing after the princess one less option of whom to give chase after…"[/b][/color] He raised his left hand, holding up one of his fingers.

[color=fff200][b]"Why send me to the Aurelian king, when all it does is putting everyone here at risk and that very king himself. In chess, all pieces on the board may checkmate the king if the right conditions are met. A king cannot afford rumors to spread. Lest new claimants to his wretched throne may spring up like crocuses, and he will have no choice but to silence anyone whom may or may not have heard anything about it. Rest assured, little brother. I do not crave that bloodstained throne of his."[/b][/color] He added and held up two fingers now, smirking slightly as he pondered on the absurd idea of claiming the Aurelian throne. He couldn't afford to even entertain such folly thoughts.

[color=fff200][b]"Kill me? Of course you could try that. However... I did not come to Dawnhaven unprepared. Another be within these walls ready to take my mantle should my end come sooner rather than later. Revenge is a thing we have inherited. It's in our blood. Red Star. We may of course try repel this nature of ours or fall to distractions, no doubt your own blood boils as you think of the one who attacked the princess. We are not so different are we? You are an equally bold one to leave her in the hands of those guards. What she needs is not guards watching over her. What she needs is a teacher. Of will and skill. Might and magic."[/b][/color] He held up a third finger. "I may provide her with such, if she'd be willing." He said softer then proceeded.

[color=fff200][b]"So you claim that it was by your hand that Dawnhaven was formed? Hahah... that would mean you have done a far graver offense than I towards Aurelia. While indeed it can be a potential bait for Lunaris, it can cut in both directions. Perhaps it ought to be you sitting behind these bars?"[/b][/color] He smiled in a genuinely amused manner. 

[color=fff200][b]"We are here because each one of us have hope for the future. Some call it fate, that it is preordained, that all things are attached and given a role to play from the moment they are born to the day they die. That the divine or otherwise decide it all. I argue against that with my entire being, It is the choices we make, life is a choice and each action we do has a reaction. This is known as destiny. Where we forge our future from our choices. Even a man as myself have a part to play, the role that I have chosen for the great play we find ourselves in."[/b][/color] Halcyon moved his gaze away from Flynn, to stare at the wall behind Flynn, as if there were someone standing there next to him.

[color=fff200][b]"One may presume many a thing. I don't presume to know you, but I do catch quite the bit by how you speak.. how you move... how you react... it does paint a picture. While you on the other hand presume that millions will die because of the blight. Leela and Kira, two blightborn within Dawnhaven. Are they dead or alive? The blight has made discerning which is which quite harder no? Here's my take at it. As long as your will is your own and you are able to act according to it. Then you are alive. So are you willing to sacrifice all of the blightborn within and outside of Dawnhaven to restore the world to how it were? Have all those whom came here for shelter and gave you their aid be rewarded with destruction? You gaze back at the past, but the past cannot ever be changed!"[/b][/color] Halcyon rose up from his sitting position, picking up some stale cracker and throwing it against the nearby wall.

[color=fff200][b]"If you compare the miseries upon the world with that of a dream of the past, then you will never ever wake up, but only wish to indulge yourself in that dream forever. It isn't that different from a bard's tune or the sweet poison served at the inns!"[/b][/color] He raised his voice, pointing an accusing finger at Flynn, then he lowered his arm and assumed a more relaxed stance.

[color=fff200][b]"There are no guarantees in life, not all of us are going to make it all the way. Yet have faith in mankind. We are still here. Surviving as before. If you care for the afflicted ones, if you indeed want to remove the source of the blight from this world and save everyone, the princess and yourself, then there's only one pathway for you to go and that pathway leads you right into a clash with Aelios herself. Replace her as a god."[/b][/color] Halcyon lowered his voice and then walked up to the bars.

[color=fff200][b]"Your child? One ought to not leave a child an orphan indeed. Some would be amazed at the length a parent would go to protect their offspring from harm. At the cost of their own health."[/b][/color] Halcyon said in an eerily soft tone of voice, blowing some air through his mouth and throwing a glance to the wall behind Flynn.

 
[b][color=fff200][i]"...the stone glimmered in the sun, in the fields of alraune, the lynx beheld it from afar, so that the golden door of the future would be kept ajar... A precious gem of the feline foe. An oath sworn in blood upon it's back, to ward it from all attack."[/i][/color][/b] The blonde began to hymn then turned around to face away from Flynn.


[color=fff200][b]"You've ought to go and protect your other half aswell, little brother. Make haste. I did not have that luxury nor time. I am the ally of the blightborn and Dawnhaven, but I am the mortal enemy of Aelios and Auric. Nothing can change that. Not even the precious stone itself with all the curative powers it holds." [/b][/color]The blonde narrowed his eyes to slits and turned around, his mouth forming into a smile, his blonde hair swaying from side to side.

[@The Muse]