see you again

Her inquiry brought a perplexed state over his mind. A rabbit for his thoughts? Did she mean that literally or was that another saying that he hadn't ever heard of? Although his mind had spiked with confusion, he wouldn't allow that to be shown to his friend. He totally knew what it meant, yeah, he could definitely answer her in a normal way. Think, Tinaro, think. What did she mean? Perhaps she just wanted him to elaborate his thoughts; no rabbit involved. That did disappoint him a bit, as he was looking forward to some sort of hunt. Oh well, maybe he could bring that up later.

"Well, I've been thinking about the siege lately..." he slowly dragged the words from his throat, like as if they clung to him, wishing to be unspoken. When he turned to look into her gaze, he remembered seeing her in battle, fighting down one of the enemies though the outcome of that fight he hadn't seen. "You did well, by the way," he commented with an encouraging smile, a dark cloud of depression falling over his thoughts momentarily. If only he had found an opponent that day; he just stood there looking for one. Was it because he was one of the last to arrive, as he had stuck to the back of the crowd unable to push through to the front? If only he could have been more confident, perhaps then he would have joined into a group fight. However, that wasn't the case, and here he was now, overwhelmed by guilt and disappointment in himself. Abaven was victorious, but was he as well?