NIKI
"Oh... I am sorry to hear that," Niki says with a furrowed brow, clearly already starting to come back to himself somewhat. "I hope they do not upset you. Some people in the Greatwood were very superstitious about thunderstorms, in case lightning set fire to the woods." He rubs at his eyes again, stifling a yawn and letting out a long, shaky sigh as he gazes around at the unfamiliar hallway as if seeing it properly for the first time.
"I thought I did tell you," he fires back, the twist to his lips just a little playful in and of itself. "Granted, it was a long time ago now, and it is not as if you could have anticipated it." Only about as much as he can, anyway.
Realising, as she adjusts the blanket, that he'd tugged it around himself without thought, Niki immediately offers it out towards her to have instead. "Hm? Ah, it started after I began to apprentice with the undertaker," he explains. "He put it down to the stress of being somewhere new. Which would have been understandable, if I had not still been doing it years later..."
"I thought I did tell you," he fires back, the twist to his lips just a little playful in and of itself. "Granted, it was a long time ago now, and it is not as if you could have anticipated it." Only about as much as he can, anyway.
Realising, as she adjusts the blanket, that he'd tugged it around himself without thought, Niki immediately offers it out towards her to have instead. "Hm? Ah, it started after I began to apprentice with the undertaker," he explains. "He put it down to the stress of being somewhere new. Which would have been understandable, if I had not still been doing it years later..."
stay your pretty eyes on course
i guess i never really faced my fears before
i guess i never really faced my fears before
