Lunch at the pond
02-01-2016, 10:18 PM
Steel had felt a brief glimmer of hope bloom in his chest when he'd seen Esarosa again. There was a chance that he had a friend here, if they could even be considered friends, a friend that he could sit and talk to - or maybe just listen to her talk. Either way, it was something different from the norm, and he felt drastically less dreadful than he had just moments before. Steel would offer a slow nod to her question, hoping she'd decided to stay as well. "I did," he said, adding on a for now silently in his head. "And it's good to see you." Though a man of few words, the ones he spoke were always genuine. He was not known for superfluity with his speech and that certainly had not changed now. Maybe, just maybe, he thought to himself, things wouldn't be terrible forever. But then Mithras showed up. He didn't know how to act around him - didn't know if he could ever muster more than a word to him. He probably was a great guy, Steel knew, and he knew he was well-liked among the members of Argead. But that was the problem. Faria liked him too much. So much that she'd had his children. So much that he'd changed her life, and Steel's in turn, forever. He was quiet at his leader's approach, his gaze shifting to him briefly before casting toward the muddy ground. "It's fine," he answered succinctly, his tone vacant of much emotion at all. "Was just coming to check out the pond myself." He noted Esarosa looked a bit uncomfortable, and he eyed her again with a curious stare, before glancing at Mithras again. |
