[ ... One of the things Lio had gotten plentiful experience with as leader of the Mad Burnish was seeing looks just like that in the faces of people struggling with their own burdens. He'd make a piss-poor boss if he hadn't been able to see it. So many among his people carried with them anger and pain, born from those same things... rejection and abandonment. Finding a home, again, among the Burnish was... never easy.
Lio pulled himself up as well, and just looked at Izo for a moment, seeing those flames fade within him, and... ]
No. Let it burn.
[ He didn't explain what he meant. He could tell Izo would know. ]
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Lio pulled himself up as well, and just looked at Izo for a moment, seeing those flames fade within him, and... ]
No. Let it burn.
[ He didn't explain what he meant. He could tell Izo would know. ]
Smouldering it doesn't help.