Juno clenched his fists at his sides.
"Master…"
He hesitated.
But seeing Vince like this broken, barely breathing, yet still thinking of his students
Juno couldn't hold it back.
"What happened out there? Lucere, he destroyed you like"
Vince's gaze sharpened despite the haze in his eyes.
"Juno."
His voice, even weak, carried the tone of a master giving a command.
"You will NOT seek revenge. Not now."
Juno's heart thrashed.
"I, Master, I didn't say…"
"You didn't need to," Vince whispered.
"I know that look. I trained that look."
Juno froze.
Master Vince breathed deeply, carefully.
The oxygen mask fogged slightly with each exhale.
"Lucere isn't someone you fight. He's someone you survive."
Juno's hands trembled.
"But he took Khael's shard. If we don't do something"
Vince closed his eyes for a moment, breath unsteady.
"Juno… listen to me."
The machines beeped softly.
A healer outside whispered instructions to another.
