Editing Rune (section)

=== [[Ward]] ===
Two years after Gold Morning Rune, along with Victor, was a member of The Shepherds under a different name,<ref name="II2.1e1">They’re pretty conservative.  In a lot of respects.  A lot of the religious capes went to the Shepherds and will be part of the Attendant.<br/><br/>“Yeah,” I said.  “One or two of the sketchy people from Empire Eighty-Eight, too.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/12 Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.2]]</ref> instead of joining the Fallen as other capes with her ideological background did.<ref name="II16.2e2">She hadn’t joined the Fallen like a lot of the racist shitheads had after Gold Morning, which counted for a ''bit'' of something, but I felt like I needed to see more from her before I could stop thinking of her as Rune from Empire Eighty Eight.<br/>[...]<br/> The entire time, she was speaking in a voice that was more quiet and for her group only than anything we’d said at our table.  Not that we’d broadcast it, but…<br/><br/>Fuck, I was being unfair, wasn’t I?<br/>[...]<br/>We packed up our trays and gathered the cutlery into one glass.  I gave Scribe a glance over my shoulder, and saw her staring.<br/><br/>She rolled her eyes, her expression just shy of being a sneer, pure disdain in every account.  That done, she floated away, still surfing on her magic stick.  Her trio walked behind her.<br/><br/>Maybe I wasn’t being unfair.  Fuck, I really didn’t like her. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/17 Excerpt] from [[From Within 16.2]]</ref>