[action] The Fall of The Would-Be Dynast-King

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[In Troia, just across from where the Invincible will let off passengers, Balthier is hidden in a building. Dressed in all black, he has ensured that Irvine is in a different building nearby.

This is all planned and both have perfect lines of sight in order to do what has to be done. After sending a quick text to make sure Irvine is ready, Balthier loads his gun and waits on the eldest Solidor.]

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[She knows he's trying to protect her, but Ashe forces herself around again to look upon the panic, the... blood, disbelief at the fact that Vayne had been assassinated before her very eyes. She can't watch for longer than a few moments, the cries of her son motivating her to comply with her husband and step back inside. Ashe almost feels her legs tremble upon walking, the shock setting in.]

... He is... truly dead?

[But she knows the answer already - after all that blood, there was no way Vayne could have survived.]

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[A nod, and Ashe gathers herself. Without a word, she carefully passes Shain across to Rasler, finding that without something to hold, her hands threaten to tremble.]

[She undresses from the waist upward, gathers the whimpering infant back into her arms, sitting at the bed's edge. Shifting, she finds the baby keen, cries and tears ending altogether once he begins to take his milk, contenting again.]

[Ashe visibly shivers as she nurses, though it's far from cold aboard.]