11-23-2018, 08:37 PM
the taigan
Ruan smiled back, reflecting the kind expression on Aten's face.
"Home... that would be nice, to see it again. And Jinju and any of my friends who are there... and Jinju's little one if he is there."
Ruan's eyes saddened. Her boy Ander was not there with them thus far. Grown, now. Likely off on his own adventures with his own family. Jinju had died and been reborn, raised beside him nearly as her son's sister. It was a delicate topic for her, so he shook his head shortly. Her child was not there, and they didn't speak of it.
"Is... is Taiga doing all right after what happened? Is it providing a safe enough home for those who live there?"
His eyes hardened and he nodded sharply, resolute. "The Taiga survives. With the return of family and friends, new and old, it will thrive again." Safe was now a relative word with this sickness spreading over Beqanna. He attended to that topic without hesitation, directing their focus to it. If Aten was returning, it was an important note that he was not immune to it.
"The Taiga is not one of the safe havens, and the Plague is capable of spreading to our family." Family in this statement included all that called Taiga home, as it usually did. "It does not currently infect any within, but that is surely temporary. No one in Taiga is safe from it."
He did not point out that none had died from it either. Perhaps that may be wrong, but he hadn't heard of it taking a life yet. The levels of sickness seemed to vary as well, some hardly showing any symptoms at all and some looking as though death had a strong grip of them.
He would face the danger as the rest of the Taigans were.
"Would you like to visit at least? See Jinju again?" His daughter could use a friend now more than ever. He didn't say that either, didn't want to pressure Aten to put himself in danger if he wished to remain healthy.
