Zavien
We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road,
but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it.
Strolling casually through the open pathway, Zavien tilts his head like someone analyzing a battle map rather than a conversation. "Okay, well, let's start with what happened last year." Gods, had it really been that long since they last spoke? Other than rebuilding the Tower, he remembers every embarrassing detail of their conversation before that. Luckily, he only turns a light shade of pink as he recalls it.
"You gave me some great advice that I really appreciated," he shoots Thorn a smile that darkens when he continues with a more somber tone, "but I didn't have a lot of opportunity to use it before - " Zavien pauses. He'd thought it would be easier to say - having told so many people now, with how much time has passed, given his new feelings for Soh - but he swallows back a tightness, a flicker of heavy sadness crossing his features as he steps up to a vendor, just far enough away to have some privacy as he says, "Lena was attacked by a Sea Panther in the Celestine during LongNight." Looking briefly at Thorn, he adds, "She didn't make it." There's depth there, a guilt mixed with long hours spent in grief, a vague glimpse at the memories that still haunt him.
Shaking his head of the emotions that cloud his vision, Zavien steps up to the stall, absently admiring the different bell designs as he continues on the long list of life events he needs to catch his friend up on. "Then Stormbreak fell - as I'm sure you know." He picks up a wooden bell, rattling it experimentally to hear the strange chime of the material, explaining quickly, "I moved here to make sure everyone got settled and ended up staying myself." His shoulders come up in a shrug. Whether he'll continue to stay isn't something he's certain about, but Zavien doesn't really have any place he's rushing off to.
He sets down the odd wooden bell, a sheepish smile on his face as he admits, "That's when I stumbled into something."
"You gave me some great advice that I really appreciated," he shoots Thorn a smile that darkens when he continues with a more somber tone, "but I didn't have a lot of opportunity to use it before - " Zavien pauses. He'd thought it would be easier to say - having told so many people now, with how much time has passed, given his new feelings for Soh - but he swallows back a tightness, a flicker of heavy sadness crossing his features as he steps up to a vendor, just far enough away to have some privacy as he says, "Lena was attacked by a Sea Panther in the Celestine during LongNight." Looking briefly at Thorn, he adds, "She didn't make it." There's depth there, a guilt mixed with long hours spent in grief, a vague glimpse at the memories that still haunt him.
Shaking his head of the emotions that cloud his vision, Zavien steps up to the stall, absently admiring the different bell designs as he continues on the long list of life events he needs to catch his friend up on. "Then Stormbreak fell - as I'm sure you know." He picks up a wooden bell, rattling it experimentally to hear the strange chime of the material, explaining quickly, "I moved here to make sure everyone got settled and ended up staying myself." His shoulders come up in a shrug. Whether he'll continue to stay isn't something he's certain about, but Zavien doesn't really have any place he's rushing off to.
He sets down the odd wooden bell, a sheepish smile on his face as he admits, "That's when I stumbled into something."
