<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a0/42/97/a0429768a1b37bcb7d5ae90678f6fcd9.jpg)</div><strong>Sebastian Van Carlyle (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=313925.msg15196499#msg15196499)</strong><hr/><br/><strong>"I'm afraid I only have the cups with me - glass doesn't fare well when traveling in most cases, even if it would be more appropriate for wine. But we can put them on the shopping list for a crew mess."</strong><br/><br/>Caelus gets a pour of the same wine, then after a moment's thought, Sebastian splashes a little bit more - just enough for a sip - into a final cup and hands it to Noele with a grin.<br/><br/><strong>"Miss Otono, I believe, has the right of it in her suggestion. There's a saying, a very old one - 'The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.' The ties of family might be strong, but they pale in comparison to the bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood forged in battle. We share a bond of being Dispossessed, and will soon share those bonds of blood as well. Let us toast those bonds yet to come, bonds of blood spilled and blood shared."</strong><br/><br/>He raises his own can alongside the others.