<div class="floatright">(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/04fd85f8-26e8-4c1b-ad91-4015c600383e/ddnn82s-a7766271-8f5c-46cc-bcb2-035ad27b2c54.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzA0ZmQ4NWY4LTI2ZTgtNGMxYi1hZDkxLTQwMTVjNjAwMzgzZVwvZGRubjgycy1hNzc2NjI3MS04ZjVjLTQ2Y2MtYmNiMi0wMzVhZDI3YjJjNTQuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.ph-3HwiPc0OmaLmpyoQs6J98SYlWynZCgswSaO_4QIU)</div>His eyes looked over to the Songbird for the moment as he considers a few things. As for what Hellhound thinks, he wasn't thinking she was the Empress. One of the decoys is what he came to the conclusion of. Well... more like an unwitting pawn. This line of thinking was according to Thurmgard's small scraps of information. And furthermore it was already made mention that the entire kingdom was in mourning. But that wouldn't matter if the Usuper for Padhe Empire was paranoid enough to find and capture or kill every concubine. However Darius didn't have the desire to part ways with her. She said as such that she wanted to be his slave and journey with him. He believed it and was willing to risk her comfort for his company. The least he could do was make the same damn commitment towards being her shield. Still... did he truly have the skill and strength to protect her? Maybe selling to Thurmgard was the right idea and that he was thinking with his balls rather than his brains. Sitting there atop the bedroll and looking up at the night sky, he was lost in his own thoughts.<br/><br/>After a long hard look at the stars, he decided that maybe it was for the best not to even consider it anymore. For a youth that had been told stories of grandiose exaggerations from his mother to growing up into a bitter realist, he had let his hopes be pinned on a simple concubine. Much like how he had to crush his own mothers wishes that he had royal blood in him, he had to do the same and stamp out the doubts that kept buzzing their way into his head. He realized his inner child and not been completely crushed on this day and that he needed to curb his expectations despite the whimsical rumors that float about this whole mess. Quietly he tried to get some rest and he hoped to come out of this with a better mindset than what the day had shown him.