ISKRA
It doesn't sound any better, actually, no. However, it doesn't sound quite so scattered and insane, because really, anything always feels possible here given the track record of what's already occurred. He sucks in a deep breath after swallowing the ham, seeming to prepare for something major, then says, "okay."
Hearing it a second time and with a bit more detail than earlier, it feels less like he'd interrupted Melita's train of thought, which came spilling forth in response, and more like a clearer path to follow from start to end. Still windy as hell, but a path. "If you're asking Safrin and Rae, shouldn't we also ask Dygra?" He reasons, nodding towards Astaroth in the crowd. "I know he follows her closely," As it seems, most Ancients do, but that one in particular he knew at least.
Glancing back her way, he rests a hand on her shoulders, squeezing a bit. It's an attempt to imbue some comfort into her and maybe hit a tense point and coax it to relax a bit. "We'll find Ludo," he says with a low, gentle encouragement, aware that she's buzzing more than usual and now seeing why. "I'm sure of it." Spoken like a man who believes Ludo is just up to some trickery. Although the glowing in the Peepholes is strange, and he'd like to circle back to that, in time.
Hearing it a second time and with a bit more detail than earlier, it feels less like he'd interrupted Melita's train of thought, which came spilling forth in response, and more like a clearer path to follow from start to end. Still windy as hell, but a path. "If you're asking Safrin and Rae, shouldn't we also ask Dygra?" He reasons, nodding towards Astaroth in the crowd. "I know he follows her closely," As it seems, most Ancients do, but that one in particular he knew at least.
Glancing back her way, he rests a hand on her shoulders, squeezing a bit. It's an attempt to imbue some comfort into her and maybe hit a tense point and coax it to relax a bit. "We'll find Ludo," he says with a low, gentle encouragement, aware that she's buzzing more than usual and now seeing why. "I'm sure of it." Spoken like a man who believes Ludo is just up to some trickery. Although the glowing in the Peepholes is strange, and he'd like to circle back to that, in time.
Never caught a feelin' this hard — harder than the liquor I pour
