Crappy chapter. I'm feeling crappy about this story. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue, but there is certainly going to be a break until I can figure out what I'm going to do with this. If this makes somebody pissy, I'm sorry. That's just the way the cookie crumbles.
Disclaimer: Yah, whatever, we all know I'm borrowing most of the characters, so what's the point of saying it again.
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After the next days Council Meeting, Devina caught Griffon before he left. "Griffon, could I talk to you?"
He didn't look at her, continuing to put away his papers. "About what?"
"Could we talk somewhere private?"
"Why, do you have something to say that shouldn't be spoken in public?"
"Well, no-"
"Then talk while you walk, Queen's Own." He picked up his bag and walked out the door. Devina had to walk at a fairly fast pace to match the strides of his long legs.
"Griffon, I feel like I missed something with you," she said. "I mean, I know you didn't find it funny when I set your Whites on fire, but it was just a joke, and I apologized, and now you seem to have-"
"-You didn't."
"Didn't what?"
"Apologize. You never apologized."
"Oh," said Devina. "Well then, I'm sorry."
"Can you say that in Mindspeech? Or were you just saying that to make me like you better?"
:I'm sorry,: said Devina. He stopped and looked at her. "I'm sorry I upset you and made you angry. I just thought of it as a joke, but it wasn't funny to you, so I'm sorry. I'm also sorry that you held onto it so long, and that I didn't apologize sooner. And I'm sorry that I have to come to you now, when I could have come to you sooner, and perhaps things now would be different. So, I'm sorry."
:Well done,: Taliesin whispered in her mind.
Griffon stared at her for a while, his face unreadable, his blue eyes searching her face. She thought that maybe his Harevis was speaking with him, but she couldn't be sure. Finally he sighed.
"You shouldn't be the one to apologize," he said, his face becoming frank and open. "I should be apologizing to you. To be honest, I was jealous of you. Jealous that you had more power, and that you could control it better."
"But we have the same gift-"
"And you can control it better than I can. You don't have to face the dragon every time you use your gift."
"Not every time, but I have faced it," Devina said. "It fought me when Talia was dying. When the dragon inside you gets loose, it's not that much damage. But with me…I can never let it get loose. It would destroy me and everyone in Haven, not to mention Haven itself."
"I know," said Griffon. "That's also why I was angry at you. You have so much power, but you can also use it so lightly. Using my firestarting gift is difficult, and it's so draining. I hated you for using it so easily." He looked away from her now, his jaw clenched.
"Griffon," said Devina. He turned and looked at her. "I forgive you. I absolve you of everything that's happened badly since I met you. Will you do me the same?"
Griffon smiled. "I forgive you, Herald Devina," he said. He looked at her for a moment, then spoke. "I was about to go visit Harevis. Would you care to join me?"
"Sure," said Devina. "Though, Tali is so spoiled, I'm not sure he needs more attention." Taliesin chuckled in the back of her mind.
"Oh, so is Farist," said Griffon, using his pet name for Harevis. "I give her more attention than is good for her."
They walked off to Companion's Field, chatting amiably. Anyone who saw them then would have thought they had been longtime friends.
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Yeah, that's it for now. I might have something again in a month or so. Again, this story will not have reliable updates. Sorry.
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