The casual tone's a better cure for Illarion's momentary funk than anything else could be, old soldier that he is. No one could ever wax too serious for too long in a barracks without being brought back down to earth. The shrike snorts in a sound that's not-quite-a-laugh but damned close.]
You have been through that one a time or two yourself, hm? The worst is that it is a mistake so easy to repeat.
[It took a certain personality to sacrifice itself on the altar of the world's benefit, and what do you know, they were also great at convincing themselves this time would be different.]
So, I could have walked, rather than try to turn the blow. [He lifts his head, smiling brief and sharp. And...not quite able to meet Vyng's gaze, though he's got the direction nearly correct.
He is definitely blind.] But it is better to come to an understanding, in so small a world, where we are like to run into each other again.
Perhaps sometime you will even tell me about how fucking awful your elves are. Or, we go back to talking about my favorite mammalian features.
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The casual tone's a better cure for Illarion's momentary funk than anything else could be, old soldier that he is. No one could ever wax too serious for too long in a barracks without being brought back down to earth. The shrike snorts in a sound that's not-quite-a-laugh but damned close.]
You have been through that one a time or two yourself, hm? The worst is that it is a mistake so easy to repeat.
[It took a certain personality to sacrifice itself on the altar of the world's benefit, and what do you know, they were also great at convincing themselves this time would be different.]
So, I could have walked, rather than try to turn the blow. [He lifts his head, smiling brief and sharp. And...not quite able to meet Vyng's gaze, though he's got the direction nearly correct.
He is definitely blind.] But it is better to come to an understanding, in so small a world, where we are like to run into each other again.
Perhaps sometime you will even tell me about how fucking awful your elves are. Or, we go back to talking about my favorite mammalian features.