NIKI
"An orphan, yes," Niki says easily enough. "You do not need to apologise. I was too young to remember my parents, so I suppose you could say that I do not know what I am missing." And ignorance is bliss, or some other platitude. "If it helps, I cannot imagine what it is like to be burdened with a family." His smile is playful, though the expression fades to hear about all that Kai has had to overcome lately.
"I have heard as much about King's End," he says with a soft nod. "I hope that you will be able to return home soon." Much sooner than anticipated, in fact, though neither of them know that yet. Following Kai's gaze to his cane, though, Niki's eyes all but light up at the implication, and he tilts his head. "I would as well, were I able. But such talk tends to be a little bit blasphemous, given all that happened with The Voice and the Ascended."
That doesn't mean he can't make some inventions of his own though and try, right?
"Well, now that we have settled the matter of my living situation," in a literal sense, too, "please feel free to stay as long as you like. The Sidhe Village is a short walk from here as long as the woods do not turn you around, but as you can see, I am not lacking for space."
Whether Kaisel wants to stick around and risk being haunted by whatever else might be in Niki's house, though... well. That's on him.
~FIN
"I have heard as much about King's End," he says with a soft nod. "I hope that you will be able to return home soon." Much sooner than anticipated, in fact, though neither of them know that yet. Following Kai's gaze to his cane, though, Niki's eyes all but light up at the implication, and he tilts his head. "I would as well, were I able. But such talk tends to be a little bit blasphemous, given all that happened with The Voice and the Ascended."
That doesn't mean he can't make some inventions of his own though and try, right?
"Well, now that we have settled the matter of my living situation," in a literal sense, too, "please feel free to stay as long as you like. The Sidhe Village is a short walk from here as long as the woods do not turn you around, but as you can see, I am not lacking for space."
Whether Kaisel wants to stick around and risk being haunted by whatever else might be in Niki's house, though... well. That's on him.
~FIN
stay your pretty eyes on course
keep the memories of who i was before
keep the memories of who i was before
