Oh, you say you have to fall apart to really be someone
Cocking her head aside, she considered the options. Continue roaming, returning home, leaving this person to get by on his own, or ensure they both got back home safely... A faint smile bloomed on her lips, and Maea shook her head. "It's no inconvenience. It isn't really the weather for wandering; I may as well go home along with you."
She would have offered her hand in greeting, but given his cane and the way Niki leaned on it, she thought better of it. "Good to meet you, too. It has been... surprising, so far," she replied. Kneeling down next to a pool to fill her water-skin with the illusory liquid, she stoppered it and tucked it back into her coat pocket. Falling in beside the young man, she matched her pace with his so that she wouldn't accidentally leave him behind. "Mostly good surprises, I have to say. I've met good people, made some friends, seen a fair bit of the landscape... and it's growing on me quite well." The wild character of the forest spoke to her need for roaming, while the village had just the right balance between developed and wild. A balance between order and chaos, Maea thought, that she'd been looking for ever since she thawed out of stone.
"What's it like, growing up among the fae?" she asked politely in return, intrigued to meet a true native to the area. "They live long lives, if I recall correctly..? Sounds like a situation with potential for conflict."
She would have offered her hand in greeting, but given his cane and the way Niki leaned on it, she thought better of it. "Good to meet you, too. It has been... surprising, so far," she replied. Kneeling down next to a pool to fill her water-skin with the illusory liquid, she stoppered it and tucked it back into her coat pocket. Falling in beside the young man, she matched her pace with his so that she wouldn't accidentally leave him behind. "Mostly good surprises, I have to say. I've met good people, made some friends, seen a fair bit of the landscape... and it's growing on me quite well." The wild character of the forest spoke to her need for roaming, while the village had just the right balance between developed and wild. A balance between order and chaos, Maea thought, that she'd been looking for ever since she thawed out of stone.
"What's it like, growing up among the fae?" she asked politely in return, intrigued to meet a true native to the area. "They live long lives, if I recall correctly..? Sounds like a situation with potential for conflict."
