All aboard the Warlord tour

Some of her vibrancy faded as she was introduced to the stranger, and the fun of their spontaneous play fell away. He frowned at her, surprised and weary at the change in her demeanor. Normally Asla was like the rising sun, bright, and vibrant. What he would have given to know what was going through her thoughts. Instead, he gave her coat a gentle ruffle with his breath, and walked beside her, so she could lean on him - physically or mentally, as she pleased.

He paused when Aerendis brought out her maps, and gave her space and time to jot down the things she saw. He did use his height to glance curiously at her parchment to get an idea what she was drawing, and grinned in amusement to see part of Bird and Resin’s worlds on the paper.

“We’ll stop by our home before we continue on to Sea’s Plains, and the two of you can look over eachothers maps.” he decided, and would either wait or lead depending on what Aerndis was doing at the time, giving the tour at her pace.