How Fickle my Heart

She gasped a little in surprise, he could expect it. He could play it off too. She made it easy in the way she reacted with a followed laughter. "Sorry, didn't mean to startle you." He still looked across the lake with a gentle and warm smile, at least most others found him friendly enough. There wasn't a soul that saw the bad parts of him aside from his sister.

His chin tilted just a little as he showed interest when she spoke. He could say he wasn't so worried about bad outcomes in the day or in his future but with the harsh life he had so far it would be hard for him to fully let go of such a silly antic. There were so many things that the stranger couldn't know about him, and of course the other way around. He just assumed he had more things to hide or that he was self conscious about. As she made her way back to the bank where he was, he reached a paw out to help her out but wouldn't take so personal if she didn't.

He was much more the quiet type, but deep down he was in search of something with her. It wasn't just her specifically, and he knew it wasn't only just a friend. No one in their right mind would have spoken that out loud especially to someone they had just met. He wouldn't be so quick to jump either. He supposed he could, he was a relatively confident guy at that. But for now he'd play it off as just an average friendly encounter. Maybe it would go further from just that. "I've never been this far across Auster, do you live here at the falls?" He wasn't aware of the hidden caverns behind the crashing waters though they were probably close enough to the face of the cliffs for him to notice if he just took a closer look. His mind was much more occupied though. "Kiliaen is a beautiful name." He responded with that maybe growing familiar grin she had seen in the few moments they had met, "I'm Balthier." He waited just a moment before asking, "Did you want any help with that herb you were looking at?"

"Balthier Destruction"