Wisdom jumped with a surprised trill making the blacksmith jump at the sudden sound.<span style="color: #99ffff"> "Oh! Oh, sorry, I... I um- Right, right. Okay, sorry for bothering you, um mortal." </span>Wisdom smiled at his mother while Trinity let out her wind chime giggle of a laugh from her perch on Order's shoulder.<br/><br/>Ras watched her lash out and nodded, rather than getting upset he created a large target dummy for her to attack if she chose.<span style="color: #666600"> "The Loa protected Nyaka because she was their weapon, handcrafted by The'kal's incompetence. You were torn between the wars of Elune and the Loa. But you already know all that. I was willing to let the topic go, that's why I gave you the return stone so you could leave. I would gladly talk about literally anything else with you, it's not my goal to sit here and further anger you. Ras never threw you away. I'm not saying his reaction was appropriate but to this day that man wishes more than anything he could fix you, your dead son is alive and growing in another woman because he wants to mend things with you. He could have let the child's soul pass on to the possible afterlife, but instead he chose to have him born. Your son was never going to be granted an afterlife with the Troll's, I don't know if it was The'kal or another Loa but your son was doomed to the void." </span>He sighed softly and sat down with his head resting on his hand.<span style="color: #666600">"It matters because you can and will get to hold your son if you can hang on until he's born. And this isn't just some wild promise I'm pulling out of my ass, the other Ras has agreed to let you see your son. You're not a barrel, you're a fire on the island I washed ashore after the ship sank. You're the light in my life, as dim as it may be right now it still gives me the strength to go on but also I need to feed and protect the fire. Man, that's a pretty lame analogy... can we just say that I'm doing this because I love you? That feels less embarrassing to say."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>