Advice from a shifting mass of lights and destiny and past, present, future. He was skeptical, but there were some facts he needed to digest about all of this anyway.
< Of course, > he said, distracted, and not all that close to thankful for that estimate. < For now, it's necessary. >
But not always. Good to keep that in mind.
He turned to make what more or less stood in for an Andalite bow to the Tapestry itself. < Thank you. We'll have to continue to study you as best we can, to recognize what you can offer us in the future. Especially if there's so little to keep us away from total destruction. >
That choice was one Esplin was in no hurry to make, if now there were others he needed to. He kept those thoughts from Aldrea, if she was fretting over the entirety of this odd conversation. Angry, calculating, redirecting what she could back at Esplin.
Cooperation for now. What a prospect. Especially with this crew.
no subject
< Of course, > he said, distracted, and not all that close to thankful for that estimate. < For now, it's necessary. >
But not always. Good to keep that in mind.
He turned to make what more or less stood in for an Andalite bow to the Tapestry itself. < Thank you. We'll have to continue to study you as best we can, to recognize what you can offer us in the future. Especially if there's so little to keep us away from total destruction. >
That choice was one Esplin was in no hurry to make, if now there were others he needed to. He kept those thoughts from Aldrea, if she was fretting over the entirety of this odd conversation. Angry, calculating, redirecting what she could back at Esplin.
Cooperation for now. What a prospect. Especially with this crew.