NIKI
Niki, of course, returns Flora's incredulous expression with one that is mildly puzzled and nothing more, as if he can't understand what is so unusual about what he's said. "I did not realise that your being a good samaritan required payment," he says with a flicker of a smirk, his voice as quiet and dry as the Undercroft all around them. "Very well. The next time I lose consciousness and require your assistance, you shall leave my presence with braided hair."
Following the Doubletake easily into the tucked-away alcove - it's one that Niki prefers to use himself, surprising nobody - he tucks himself onto the bench opposite the queen and sets his mug down beside him. "Oh, you did?" He raises his eyebrows, carefully propping his cane within reach. "It is funny, how we build people up in our minds. I am glad that you got to meet the real Seren, and I imagine she would be as well," he muses, smiling across at Flora.
"Perhaps you will see her again yet?" he ventures softly. "Between the Festival of Lights and the power your fathers possess, it could well be possible to have another conversation with her. Endings are not so black and white in Caido, I find."
Following the Doubletake easily into the tucked-away alcove - it's one that Niki prefers to use himself, surprising nobody - he tucks himself onto the bench opposite the queen and sets his mug down beside him. "Oh, you did?" He raises his eyebrows, carefully propping his cane within reach. "It is funny, how we build people up in our minds. I am glad that you got to meet the real Seren, and I imagine she would be as well," he muses, smiling across at Flora.
"Perhaps you will see her again yet?" he ventures softly. "Between the Festival of Lights and the power your fathers possess, it could well be possible to have another conversation with her. Endings are not so black and white in Caido, I find."
stay your pretty eyes on course
keep the memories of who i was before
keep the memories of who i was before
