SCAWWY 😱 rondo

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In the tapestry of floriography, the borage flower stands out as a symbol of emotional fortitude and joy. Its star-shaped blue blossoms have carried the weight of courage since Roman times, believed to embolden warriors on the battlefield. Borage flower and leaves are used for fever, cough, and depression.

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[flameguard]

[ uweh... rondo reaches up and rubs at his eyes when he realizes they're wet, and just laughs. he can't really explain everything - well, he can, maybe, but some part of him doesn't want to. there are so many more implications to this that he'll think about later, but for a moment, he can live in the feeling that everything is going to be alright. that the precious dragonstones will finally be returned, after too many years away in bad hands, and that the world of orsterra will continue on. that sazantos' plan to destroy it all must fail, if cordelia is still there.

everything is going to be okay. he puts his hand to his chest afterwards, sniffling a little but smiling like the sun. ]

I... I no longer associate with - I gave it up, because I'm with the Knights Ardante, but... [ the smile goes a little helpless. ] My full name is Rondo Ravus.

[ if alfyn looks enough, he can probably see the similarities. same round faces, same blonde hair, same nose, same smile. ] Cordelia is my younger sister.

[concoctive]

[ alfyn will be turning this conversation over his head like a roast on a spit, cranking and turning it over and over, until it hits him that rondo asked him how long it'd been. had asked him about time, and things are a little amiss there.

for now, though, he is struck with this reveal and can't help but blink rapidly at him as he kneels down in front of him. ]

You - [ and his eyes scan across his face, brown and wide and thoughtful.

before he reaches and pokes him in the single dimple. ] She's got this on the other side. Didn't smile a whole lot when we first met her, at least not big enough to see it, but she brightened up the more we spent time with her and the more stones Therion brought back.

[flameguard]

[ oh... the poke to his face surprises him - and then he laughs, a little wetly, reaching up to put his hand on his cheek. he can't help it, really, heart swelling up in his chest so hard it might burst. it's a rush of wild emotions, a rollercoaster of relief and - of sorrow, at first, too.

his poor sister. sad, didn't smile a lot? he can only imagine what she's been through, and his heart breaks, visibly and obviously, but... at the same time, it means that she's doing better, now. that alfyn's friend was able to retrieve the stones, that... things might get better.

he drops his face down, finally rubbing at his eyes. ]

... Cordelia's - she's really strong. Amazingly so... she's a better head of the household than I ever would have been. [ that he knows for sure. ] I write her all the time, but... she never told me that things were going badly. She must not have wanted me to worry... I...

[ there's a beat. he looks up at alfyn, blue eyes shining, and reaches out to give his hand a squeeze between his own. ]

Alfyn... thank you. For what you and your friend must have done - for us, for my sister's house - thank you.