stay your pretty eyes on course
"Mm, I bet," Niki says. He's about to say something more - to offer advice even, but he promptly bites the inside of his cheek to stop himself. Not only is he comically inexperienced with anything close to a relationship, it would feel almost silly to think he might tell a demigod something he likely already knows.
Glancing up in time to catch Sunjata's smile, though - boyish and taking years off him if not for the silver in his hair and the circles beneath his eyes - Niki thinks perhaps he's wrong in his assumptions. And so before he can change his mind, he says, "Perhaps just do not let thing feeling easy get in the way of things feeling better." The words are low and quiet and almost hesitant, the necromancer offering a quick smile in return and promptly glancing away again.
"I will be staying in town for a few days," he says, trying for conversational again. "Hopefully the inn where I am has some suitable magic to keep the rooms cool."
Glancing up in time to catch Sunjata's smile, though - boyish and taking years off him if not for the silver in his hair and the circles beneath his eyes - Niki thinks perhaps he's wrong in his assumptions. And so before he can change his mind, he says, "Perhaps just do not let thing feeling easy get in the way of things feeling better." The words are low and quiet and almost hesitant, the necromancer offering a quick smile in return and promptly glancing away again.
"I will be staying in town for a few days," he says, trying for conversational again. "Hopefully the inn where I am has some suitable magic to keep the rooms cool."
Niki
I guess I never really faced my fears before
