I Was The Prototype

Walk | "Talk" | think

Allegro grinned and chuckled with a shrug when she said that she had never hunted so hard that she would have missed a cliff. “Well, I certainly don’t think I’ll be doing that again. No prey is worth all that... but when you’re young and dumb, eh?” He still enjoyed hunting and had a lot of satisfaction from being able to provide for and take care of those around him, but he was pretty sure that just hunting for fun or sport was behind him. While he wasn’t old by any means, he knew that he wasn’t as young as he once was. He fully understood how he lucky he was to be able to limp away from that fall so now his attention was fully on figuring out how to make the most of the life he had ahead of him now.

He raised an interested brow when she mentioned a boyfriend and tried to hide the momentary disappointment that sneaked up on him before she was able to clarify that the relationship hadn’t lasted. He didn’t want to be happy that her boyfriend hadn’t worked out, but there was a small part of him that was. “I’m sorry to hear that,” he replied in a form of condolences for the lost love, but it was hard to make his tone genuine. He liked to assume that she was single with how their night had gone and not that he had helped her in cheating, but now that her relationship status was confirmed he couldn’t help but feel a little flicker of hope.

“That’s alright, no need to apologize,” he assured her with a smile when she said that she didn’t have much to talk about. He felt certain that there was much more to her story, but he wasn’t going to press her for it. With any luck maybe there would be more time for him to get to know her better, but for now he would just focus on getting them some breakfast. When the river started to calm enough for them to try fishing, he nodded to a good spot and said, “This should do nicely!”

He waded out into the river, stopping once the water was just barely grazing his stomach. Once he was in position he held still and waited for the fish to come by, keeping his eyes peeled for the glimmer of their scales. He wasn’t always patient enough for fishing, but this time it just meant he’d get to draw out this time with Aranea so he was more than willing to find them a few fish to share.