Ajax's smile turns wry. "My honorable father was always content to be the one doing the comparing," he quips. (Not that he didn't compare himself to his brothers, many times.) "My nature, my choices, all disobedience a half step from treachery in his eyes."
"To cage a bird is no kindness, however good your father's intentions may have been," Kreyu says, voice gentle.
Ajax leans toward them, lowers his voice to a whisper. It COULD look like the beginnings of negotiating a sexual liaison later, to an outside observer. He meets Skellig and Kreyu's eyes, gratitude in his gaze for all his smile is still all charm. "Your words are kind, but you should be careful not to speak them at court."
A shadow passes over his expression for an instant. "No, I would advise you not to go to court at all now, however far you might have traveled to reach it. You are either too late or too early for it to be safe there."
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"To cage a bird is no kindness, however good your father's intentions may have been," Kreyu says, voice gentle.
Ajax leans toward them, lowers his voice to a whisper. It COULD look like the beginnings of negotiating a sexual liaison later, to an outside observer. He meets Skellig and Kreyu's eyes, gratitude in his gaze for all his smile is still all charm. "Your words are kind, but you should be careful not to speak them at court."
A shadow passes over his expression for an instant. "No, I would advise you not to go to court at all now, however far you might have traveled to reach it. You are either too late or too early for it to be safe there."