careful now

"I don’t know about that...” She retorted with a raised brow, curious now. The way he spoke caught her off guard, or maybe it was his height. She expected the innocent retort of a child but that was far from what this young man was. He turned his attention back to her, point of factly questioning her. Like she thought, if he didn’t care he wouldn’t have asked at all. Ao didn’t feel insulted, mostly she was intrigued. He was bold enough to question her, and unlike the Ashen boy’s cute and innocent confrontation. However, both were quite enjoyable.

"Where else do I have to go? What’s the point of staying still when I can keep moving?” Answering a question with a question was bad etiquette, but she didn’t think there would be any protest from a boy like this one. "There is nothing to find, the journey is the destination.” She explained to him, watching as his gaze shifted to the tumultuous clouds gathering in the sky. It wouldn’t be the first storm she had outrun.

"Aoede Regni"