NIKI
"Well, you are right about that much," Niki agrees about the weather, gazing up at the hazy canopy of new leaves overhead and the blank white sky threatening a fine rain. He doesn't bother to mention that his home is actually outside the village, and getting back there is another task entirely once he's finished his business - for now, it looks as if they are headed in the same direction. And so, waiting politely for Maea to fill her waterskn before setting off, they fall into a leisurely pace and head for the trail she'd pointed towards. (Not that Niki can move at anything much more than a leisurely pace, granted, but the point still stands).
"It certainly can be full of surprises," he agrees of the Greatwood with a soft laugh; the trail they set out upon is wide enough for a cart to trundle through, so they are easily able to walk side by side as they stroll deeper into the woods. "The key, I find, is never to promise to be somewhere at a strict time. You never know when you might come across a surprise or two on your way to your destination." Like right now, for instance. It's one of the reasons Niki suspects the fae are not all that strict with their timekeeping.
Raising his eyebrows at her question, Niki shakes his head gently as he casts his mind back. "It is all I have ever known," he admits. "So it is difficult to really give you differences, since I do not have anything to compare it to. I do not recall any conflict, though, but then I suppose it is different for the fae to see a child in the woods compared to a grown adult. And I do not pose much of a threat either, which helps."
"It certainly can be full of surprises," he agrees of the Greatwood with a soft laugh; the trail they set out upon is wide enough for a cart to trundle through, so they are easily able to walk side by side as they stroll deeper into the woods. "The key, I find, is never to promise to be somewhere at a strict time. You never know when you might come across a surprise or two on your way to your destination." Like right now, for instance. It's one of the reasons Niki suspects the fae are not all that strict with their timekeeping.
Raising his eyebrows at her question, Niki shakes his head gently as he casts his mind back. "It is all I have ever known," he admits. "So it is difficult to really give you differences, since I do not have anything to compare it to. I do not recall any conflict, though, but then I suppose it is different for the fae to see a child in the woods compared to a grown adult. And I do not pose much of a threat either, which helps."
my body's on the line now, I can't fight this time now
I can feel the light shine on my face
I can feel the light shine on my face
