Tale as Old as Time

"My dear Jigano, I've a whole shop full of books. There's a sign on the building." Sam laughed, putting on a slightly jokingly patronising tone. "It was hardly a secret." He could see the surprise on Jigano's face; it had been a surprise of sorts to himself as well, that he'd wanted to try and find some casual comforts for a while...but people changed, didn't they? Given how problematic love connections had been for him, he wasn't sure it was a bad thing he'd decided to take it a little less seriously for the moment. "It makes us both happy, at the moment, which is...all I'm looking for, any more." Sam looked up, where a few more steps lead up to the top of the wall. Whether he chose to ignore Jigano's comments about Nate or just had nothing to add, he said nothing more on the matter. "Not far. Just up here." Up the stairs, under a little archway, and they were on top of the wall. "Loren showed me it up here. There's a wonderful view." He lead Jigano up to the edge, where the vista of snow and mountain lay out before them, all of Halo's wilderness on display. Sam let out a happy sigh. "Beautiful." Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child