#barely slept and have to travel cross country with my own toddler so I’m playing Rook Barbies this morning obviously

[wardenthornes]

also my Crow Rook gal might romance Lucanis but I sincerely think she might break up with him after seeing him become first talon. The idea of him getting in deeper with the Crows when she wants to get out, for her own sake and for her young son’s, is extremely distressing to her. The only way they stay together in the long term is if he agrees to find a replacement for him as first talon as soon as possible. Which normally I think he wouldn’t do, but I do think perhaps if he was really in love with her and saw her genuine fear for her son’s future if they stay with the Crows, he might go. I also think it’s one thing to have no self-awareness about himself and the way his family and the Crows have ruined his life, but it’s easier to see the problem when the woman he loves is telling him she wants better for her child than what he had. It’s harder to stand back and look at Caterina’s abuse in childhood, the way life in the Crows got his entire family but Illario and Caterina killed, the fact that Illario had him tortured for a year and nearly killed over Caterina’s favor and position in the Crows, and say yeah, this is a fine future for your toddler to look forward to.