everything has its wonders
Hugging Bastien back with enthusiasm, Ronin could only laugh at his suggestion of eloping together. "Alas, I'm afraid we'll have to continue to be starcrossed lovers for the time being," he said, stepping back and giving the Ascended's shoulders a squeeze. "It's good to be back," he said warmly, only for an awkward smile to flicker across his face at the suggestion that he had not gotten the other man a gift.
"Well, I baked pastries but as an Ascended I doubt you will want them," he said. "So please accept this gift, instead - you have my word that I will come to your guild soon. And I may even leave a member of it. How does that sound?"
"Well, I baked pastries but as an Ascended I doubt you will want them," he said. "So please accept this gift, instead - you have my word that I will come to your guild soon. And I may even leave a member of it. How does that sound?"
even darkness and silence
