Though he could hear the voice from beyond the land of the living, he was loathe to listen to the words. As hot-headed as the Avialae could be, however, if there were grains of truth in the tale then it would be a simple thing for him to confirm. As cup bearer to Avaerys Himself, it would be a simple matter to ask if His Divine Radiance had plans for whatever was left of the Len’Sælyan spawn. Raithen would not question the will of The Twins, but, if, as he suspected, this Aeros' grand proclamations of his own value were the presumptions they sounded, there would be nothing to give him pause.
It was obvious that none of the lengthy speech was really intended for him, he was seen by the ghost as a bystander at best, more likely an intruder on what were viewed as private matters. How he was viewed mattered not to him, nor did anything that could remain to be said by any of them unless any of them were intending to come to Aeros' defense. Raithen would listen and give genuine heed to Hilana, Finn, or Khyan, but having heard what they had said already, it seemed unlikely that anyone who knew him better than the duke would speak on his behalf.
When the burning gaze of the spirit of vengeance turned to him he did not expect to see a change for he did not know how much of their original personalities such beings were allowed to maintain. So, when the visage and voice both changed into something so much closer to the man he remembered something in him crumpled. Anger had been his initial reaction to learning that his friend had died and it had shielded him from the pain that was, now, both forthcoming and acute. Though he knew that, now, it could not matter, he still spoke, for himself as much as for Khyan,
"I am sorry that I did not seek you out. I thought it would only hurt to have me recall what once was." It was likely he had been right, and he wasn't apologizing; rather, expressing sorrow that the circumstances had been such that it was so. When Khyan had said the rest of what he would Raithen drew his eyes away where he too focused briefly on the faces of each of the other two.
"I will go now, to His Divine Radiance to ask of this matter. If, truly, it is His will that this creature continues to exist on our plane then I will not resist His will, but, if He cares not for its fate then I will return to inform you as soon as may be."
Having said this he looked once more at Khyan with a longing that he did nothing to disguise and that had little if anything to do with lust. Then he stepped far enough from his friends that he could vault away and did so.
It was obvious that none of the lengthy speech was really intended for him, he was seen by the ghost as a bystander at best, more likely an intruder on what were viewed as private matters. How he was viewed mattered not to him, nor did anything that could remain to be said by any of them unless any of them were intending to come to Aeros' defense. Raithen would listen and give genuine heed to Hilana, Finn, or Khyan, but having heard what they had said already, it seemed unlikely that anyone who knew him better than the duke would speak on his behalf.
When the burning gaze of the spirit of vengeance turned to him he did not expect to see a change for he did not know how much of their original personalities such beings were allowed to maintain. So, when the visage and voice both changed into something so much closer to the man he remembered something in him crumpled. Anger had been his initial reaction to learning that his friend had died and it had shielded him from the pain that was, now, both forthcoming and acute. Though he knew that, now, it could not matter, he still spoke, for himself as much as for Khyan,
"I am sorry that I did not seek you out. I thought it would only hurt to have me recall what once was." It was likely he had been right, and he wasn't apologizing; rather, expressing sorrow that the circumstances had been such that it was so. When Khyan had said the rest of what he would Raithen drew his eyes away where he too focused briefly on the faces of each of the other two.
"I will go now, to His Divine Radiance to ask of this matter. If, truly, it is His will that this creature continues to exist on our plane then I will not resist His will, but, if He cares not for its fate then I will return to inform you as soon as may be."
Having said this he looked once more at Khyan with a longing that he did nothing to disguise and that had little if anything to do with lust. Then he stepped far enough from his friends that he could vault away and did so.
