Melodious Alone

LOREN

At Phoebe’s comment, Loren just shrugged. ”I’m too thick-headed to be afraid of things that should scare me.” He wasn’t brave or enlightened, just too stubborn for his own good. Still, it seemed that even his one question had given the healer quite a bit more to say. Although her comment about hierarchies in nature almost made him speak up—because hierarchies everywhere were fluid, a fact he knew better than most—he preferred to let her go on as long as she wished, seeing how she was providing such useful and intriguing information.

However, when she offered to pray with him, he flushed. ”Thank you. I appreciate the offer but...perhaps not with Frey.” The chance it might get messy was not one he was willing to take. As for becoming an Attuned, well, annoyance at the gods or not, the summoner was not willing to give up his magic. Falling silent, he let Phoebe speak about the greater mysteries of the gods and this world. However, it was the last comment of hers that piqued his interest. ”Basic structures of life? What do you mean by that.” Just because he wasn’t really a doctor or healer or scientist didn’t mean he wasn’t broadly interested in learning more about the world.

Besides, he was still processing everything Phoebe had said about the divinities of Caido. It was a lot of information and he wanted to sit with it for a while.

But don’t be weary if it’s broken

Families are like that—

they’re split up and always torn.