His trident was still held in one hand, the tines planted firmly in the remains of the first Void Tangleweed to ensure that it remained dead. The other he offered to the young Ancient with his quiet courtesy, though there was a twinkle of something lighter than his stoic expression in his eyes. "Aithne. A pleasure." He inclined his head with as much respect as if she were a leader herself. "Hmm. I have heard of a bar in the Inner Quarter. A 'Dusklight.' I have been meaning to visit."
He looked around at the leafy hedges that surrounded them and the low mist that crawled around their feet, contemplating the difficulty of leaving the way they had come. He had heard of the Labyrinth's habit of trapping those who wandered into it, and had experienced it within the Queen's Gambit in King's End. After a moment he met Aithne's eyes once more and this time there was a hint of bright challenge in his gaze. "I can take us there quickly, if you will take my hand. And trust my magic," he added, already summoning the whisper of moonlight that he used to step between one place and the next.
Soon enough they would be sipping drinks in the comfort of the Last Whisper's most notorious bar, recounting the tale of their adventure - at least, with Aithne recounting it, and Hadama nodding quiet support to however she wished to spin their hunt.
~Fin
He looked around at the leafy hedges that surrounded them and the low mist that crawled around their feet, contemplating the difficulty of leaving the way they had come. He had heard of the Labyrinth's habit of trapping those who wandered into it, and had experienced it within the Queen's Gambit in King's End. After a moment he met Aithne's eyes once more and this time there was a hint of bright challenge in his gaze. "I can take us there quickly, if you will take my hand. And trust my magic," he added, already summoning the whisper of moonlight that he used to step between one place and the next.
Soon enough they would be sipping drinks in the comfort of the Last Whisper's most notorious bar, recounting the tale of their adventure - at least, with Aithne recounting it, and Hadama nodding quiet support to however she wished to spin their hunt.
~Fin
