He'd heard about Ascended who had slept for a long time - decades, even a century or so - and then just woken up after the Voice had come out of her imprisoned slumber, so even though he didn't really understand it, Caelynn's situation at least wasn't totally alien to him. But most of the Ancients that he knew of had woken up several seasons back and were up on all the hot regional gossip.
Of course, he was about to figure out that there were plenty more Ancients who he didn't know about that might still be sleeping somewhere, just waiting for... well, he wasn't clear on the details, but for something to wake them up!
He was relieved when bargaining seemed to help her calm down so she wasn't as tense or upset. He picked his ruby out and then accepted the olivine and quartz, weighing them in his hand and then giving a decisive nod. They would do. He had plans for the ruby, but the two raw stones would be used to trade for supplies and maintenance on the Peregrine when he got to Torchline.
They had just started walking again when he asked his careful question, but at her answer he stopped dead in his tracks and turned to stare at her. "This mornin'??" he repeated, taken completely off-guard. She was blushing, but he was still trying to process the revelation of just how new she really was to the modern world. He waved his hands helplessly in the air, gesturing as he spoke. "Wh... but... how?? So y'don't even know what's been goin' on with th'meteor an' th'Void critters?"
Of course, he was about to figure out that there were plenty more Ancients who he didn't know about that might still be sleeping somewhere, just waiting for... well, he wasn't clear on the details, but for something to wake them up!
He was relieved when bargaining seemed to help her calm down so she wasn't as tense or upset. He picked his ruby out and then accepted the olivine and quartz, weighing them in his hand and then giving a decisive nod. They would do. He had plans for the ruby, but the two raw stones would be used to trade for supplies and maintenance on the Peregrine when he got to Torchline.
They had just started walking again when he asked his careful question, but at her answer he stopped dead in his tracks and turned to stare at her. "This mornin'??" he repeated, taken completely off-guard. She was blushing, but he was still trying to process the revelation of just how new she really was to the modern world. He waved his hands helplessly in the air, gesturing as he spoke. "Wh... but... how?? So y'don't even know what's been goin' on with th'meteor an' th'Void critters?"
