A/N Two friends getting to know each other.
He chuckled deeply, his bright teeth flashing. "Mellon, if I could have taken down that monster, I would have."
"Why didn't you?" The raven-haired scholar peeked inquisitively over the rim of his tumbler.
The golden warrior smirked, hiding the shade of guilt and anger passing over his crystal blue irises. "I did. He and I, we took the long way down to death."
