NIKI
"Ah, behind the barrier?" Niki asks, his tone one of curiosity mingled with sympathy. "I was only a child, still, when it fell, but I remember the news spreading." Listening as they continue to pick their way down the path, the boy is somewhat put out, at first, at the sight of the fallen log up ahead, but as Maea clambers atop it with ease and turns to offer him an easy and helping hand, he accepts it with a grateful smile.
"Perhaps the woods have been calling to you all this time," he says, only half joking as a gloved hand closes around Maea's, Niki carefully picking his way over the log and straightening up with his cane in hand to brush the moss and other debris from his coat before they continue. "I am happy for you I hope that you can be comfortable here - it sounds as though you have done a great deal of travelling already."
As for his work, while Niki can only offer a bashful sort of shrug at her praise - his metalwork is more a hobby than anything, but he does try to make each creation the best it can be - he perks up to hear about Maea's skill at scribing and her thirst for knowledge. "You ought to visit the Undercroft," he says. "I think it would suit you, if only for the time being, and they are always looking for people to help out."
"Perhaps the woods have been calling to you all this time," he says, only half joking as a gloved hand closes around Maea's, Niki carefully picking his way over the log and straightening up with his cane in hand to brush the moss and other debris from his coat before they continue. "I am happy for you I hope that you can be comfortable here - it sounds as though you have done a great deal of travelling already."
As for his work, while Niki can only offer a bashful sort of shrug at her praise - his metalwork is more a hobby than anything, but he does try to make each creation the best it can be - he perks up to hear about Maea's skill at scribing and her thirst for knowledge. "You ought to visit the Undercroft," he says. "I think it would suit you, if only for the time being, and they are always looking for people to help out."
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
