Fortress D

"I will ignore your past and current rudeness, as you are not thinking rationally out of anger." Canan spoke while crossing his arms, squinting at Eishin.

"Haah. I'm sorry about that, I'm not on my best days." Eishin's gaze softened and he rose, descending the throne stairs to meet Canan toe-to-toe. Eishin was still looking at the holograms anxiously, but he wasn't acting arrogant anymore.

"No problem. We all have personal problems and ghosts from the past that haunt us to this day. I probably would have done the same thing in your place." Canan also softened his tone and looked pityingly at his old friend.

"Now, do you mind explaining why you've turned down all my calls up until now? Eirin and I were worried you'd do something stupid." Canan asked after the weather had improved enough.