"Oh, Samuel!" Arialla smiled back at Samuel, but he seemed a little under the weather -- definitely tired, and his smile wasn't quite right. So her own faded, even as she answered: "I came to ask about the Loreseekers -- I'm not sure what happened to them after Jigano left, with ... everything you've had going on. But are you sure you're all right?"
She didn't want to outright tell him he looked bad, but ... he looked bad. Not, maybe, as bad as she would have expected, given how he had told her he had only a few months to live ... Arialla couldn't help frowning as she analyzed his appearance, though she was trying not to stare. He looked a bit healthier than the last time she'd seen him, honestly, but there was something in his eyes ...
please don't take my sunshine away
