❝ Our greatest glory is not in never falling ❞

[returnanew]

{ but in rising every time we fall }
💮 gaja 💮 nam 💮

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[flumen]

It's actually more likely that he'll die with neither one of them even remembering this unimportant conversation. It's one of thousands they'll have before the bird goes up in flames. Even the dragon with his long memory can't possibly remember them all, especially one that's come about as a fleeting interest of the bird.

Nam simply watches Gaja with his huffs and heavy sighs and when he gets up to stalk off, the dragon strongly considers just letting him go. It's not like this would truly be the last he'd see of the phoenix and it would free him of this ridiculous fixation.

"I told you not to be dramatic." Nam not wanting to answer a question would hardly be considered cruel by most. What's cruel is feeling like he's being manipulated into an answer, whether it's Gaja's intention or not. He should just let him go. "I do have one, by the way. There would be questions if it were noticed by anyone who doesn't know what I really am, so it's simpler that way."

[returnanew]

Manipulation, indeed. That would require a sort of brain function and no small amount of malic Gaja simply doesn't possess. Nam isn't privy to Gaja's fits of fixation since, well, they've never involved him specifically. Old and wise as a phoenix is claimed to be, he's still just a bird at heart. A very large one. There's a reason why calling someone bird-brained is an insult.

He pauses in his step. Only for a few seconds. Only long enough to mutter a quiet 'thank you' before continuing on. Hadn't he just said he wouldn't bother Nam anymore? Let him keep his word.