Mutual Acquaintances

*Ankaios* · 04-04-2017, 07:26 PM

Ankaios could see a tumult of thoughts roiling behind the blue woman's eyes. He was partially surprised that she had answered him in the first place, but not half so surprised as what the answer told him. “Aeris,” she said. His own surname. “Daughter of Mithras,” she added on. His eyes grew impossibly wide. Mithras... His cousin. He'd thought the entirety of the family had been killed for their sacrilege, or at least he had been led to believe as much. It was part of what had forced Ankaios into exile as well, unable to rest easy with the knowledge that several members of the Aeris family had been... exterminated. Apparently they didn't do a very good job, he thought to himself, even his inner monologue weak with awe.

He jaw worked wordlessly, unable to form a coherent response. She asked for his name, acid plainly present in the undercurrent of her words. He tried to speak and found himself unable, so he coughed and tried again. “I thought Mithras was dead,” he said, voice hoarse and little more than a whisper. “I haven't seen him since he... well, I suppose escaped from home. I'm his cousin, on his father's side. Ankaios Aeris,” he informed her, wary to see what she might now do with that information. It seemed too improbable, he was having a hard time believing it. He would need more information from the girl before he could be utterly convinced that she was not part of some elaborate scheme. In fact, a hit squad seemed right up the alley of the crazy bastards of his homeland. Their homeland, he supposed.

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