Caiche's Links
Hearth serves well as the linchpin to the Arcanas, in part due to his ever-present need to be lovingly involved in everyone's business. Now, whether he serves his position as leader of Viira or the entire galaxy well? Hahaha.
Funny that Hope turns to him, so predictably, whenever we have a spat. So very funny. I am the one who broke the Well, of course, not Caiche's ill-begotten experiments. And of course we'll gloss over what Caiche did to Leren I. Anything to make me the bad guy, of course. And I must smile and wave the entire while....
Such a shame Hearth's claws are so stalwart. Such a shame, indeed! We had such high expectations for Triv - the possibilities laid out before us. An artificial god, pulled from the Well by our own hands, birth immaculately crafted. All that potential squandered on Hearth's frantic need to have total control.
Caiche is terribly polite. Less invasive than his scientists, but stars know for how long. He and his coordinated the experiments behind my birth, I think he is the most insulted that I am kept by Hearth. At least they tried to come up with solutions.
It brings a smile to my face when he chastises Hearth or chases after Mercy, desperately upholding his ideals of accountability. Of course, I have indulged his requests of me - the money reparations, the community service, the leagues of time and magic wasted to pay for what he thinks I did to the Well. But, that's all in the past now, isn't it? Look at our Well, glowing brightly once again... of course, there'll be no reparations for my lost days from him, will there?
Caiche is dutiful enough, although I doubt the legitimacy of his work. At the very least his people are content, and he regularly repairs whatever mishaps his teams create. I don't have access to the paperwork to prove anything else, despite my misgivings, and he has good motivation not to be found out, perhaps enough not to be connected in the first place.
Aernin holds a coveted position among us Arcanas, being that he chokeholds much intergalactic trade. Even Hearth is forced to concede to his demands occasionally, despite his dozen loopholes! And he still reaches for more power, as if to usurp Hearth as the micromanager of our lives. Haha! Don't worry. I'd never let him beat me to it.
Caiche, how very dear! Clever, conniving, even manipulative, the young man has plans for everything. Oh but it melts my heart to see him soft, vulnerable, exposed...and safe. I love him, every cold little inch.