He didn't keep eye contact long but when he was talking about Lena his eyes were solid, they didn't look away. She felt like she could trust his word from the way he responded. In that moment Caelynn decided that she needed to trust *someone* and he was one in front of her confirming those things that Lena had told her. He was standing up for someone, he knew where she worked and he seemed to know enough about Lena to state that she wouldn't play games or lie. Caelynn respected that about a person.
People wanting to become Ancients surprised her. She didn't want to press further into that subject until she met one of the turned Ancients. Caelynn wanted to meet them, wanted to know their stories, learn about their connections to Dygra. That whole situation confused her, but she was glad that her God had chosen more children.
She let him choose and then handed over two raw stones. One a beautiful green shaded Olivine chunk, the second a red quartz raw stone chunk. Both stones are sized well and could be smoothed and chopped down to make 2 to 5 necklaces of similar sizes depending on the skill of the jeweler. She listened to Tal's question and she blushed bright red. "This morning."
here until the day I die.
I'll be living one life
for the two of us.