give me a life time of promises (open)

Loren shrugged. "Deal." Then he raised his eyebrows. "Just to be clear, I never actually neglect myself to the point of starvation." Although he was too thin, he did in fact eat. Just not as much as he should. As Maea finally entered, he let the door close. Then he joined her and Astra in looking out the large windows. After the woman spoke, however, his eyes grew a little distant and sad. "Everything ends, in one way or another." It came out in a whisper, more to himself than anything else. His luxere looked at him with worried eyes and moved to press herself against his side. For his part, he turned to regard Maea. "What do you know about the gods?" Even he couldn't say why he was asking her. LOREN Not quite an open book