(SE) wear your silver lining

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins

While the companions played on the tabletop, drawing a look of dismay from a passing waiter, Soh grinned at her friend, eyes flicking briefly toward the waiter. If Jata followed her gaze, he, too, might find the poor man's expression amusing, as he didn't seem to know whether to laugh or to cry. In any case, Soh nodded cheerfully at Jata's question. "Of course!" she said. "Whenever we're finished here, we can head that direction. It's not much, but it's home," she added, trying not to think of how painfully lonely it had been of late, or of how ridiculously excited she was to have a friend come to stay. Perhaps that would chase away the doldrums for a while.

When the waiter appeared at their table, still looking vaguely pink around the ears, Soh gently extracted Tarak from the playful squabbling. "You'll have plenty of time to play later," she told him as he sulked. She gave her order to the waiter and, once Jata had given his, she returned her attention to the man across from her. What a strange pair they made, really, if only Soh knew Jata's history with Stormbreak. As it was, she was blissfully unaware, and she tilted her head to one side. "Remind me: you've been to Stormbreak before, right? I can't recall, but I've a list of places to visit if you're interested in playing the tourist."

the Luminary

'Cause your heart has a lack of colour and we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later 'cause we wasted all our free time alone

code stolen from sky who stole it from odd