decompressing

The girl continued to daydream a moment before she turned her head as though surprised to see someone really there before rising. Eligos nodded with grave understanding as she claimed to be just overwhelmed by it all, and spoke to reassure her. "I understand. It can all be a bit..." he paused, searching for a polite word, settling on, "...much." He bowed his head gracefully in greeting at her introduction. "It is very much a pleasure to meet you, Aryn. I am Eligos Abraxas, of Aerie." He could have withheld his surname as he had with Poem in the hopes of avoiding the inevitable 'gasp its an Abraxas the cursed child rapers and murder hobos' but it was more exhausting to invest a great deal of time and effort into a conversation before the downward spiral that wasted it all, so it was better to get it over with immediately just in case. It had worked out when Poem had found out. His face softened, mouth curving slightly into a wistful smile at the thought, though he kept his attention on the girl in case she collapsed in hysterics or something.