KORBIN
Leave my loneliness unbroken!
- quit the bust above my door!
- quit the bust above my door!
He sensed her hesitation. Felt it, saw it, and wondered if he'd managed to step in it again. The raven spread its wings, leaped off the wall and drifted down in a swooping arc, to land on the ground next to the big feline. He felt dwarfed next to her, and instinct told him to return back up on the perch where it was safe. But he ignored it, and walked over, to within the reach of her mighty paws.
"That I did," he agreed, the thought he sent her as mild and reassuring as he could make it. "I am merely curious... songs and stories is an interest of mine. I did not mean to pry, or cause offense."
For once. Oh, he was quick enough to pull the Outlander card as an excuse for when things didn't go his way - they were a very convenient scapegoat - but the more time he spent with people from other worlds, the more he was beginning to understand how narrow minded that thinking really was.
There were plenty of things to blame for their presence in Caido... but they were not one of them.
"That I did," he agreed, the thought he sent her as mild and reassuring as he could make it. "I am merely curious... songs and stories is an interest of mine. I did not mean to pry, or cause offense."
For once. Oh, he was quick enough to pull the Outlander card as an excuse for when things didn't go his way - they were a very convenient scapegoat - but the more time he spent with people from other worlds, the more he was beginning to understand how narrow minded that thinking really was.
There were plenty of things to blame for their presence in Caido... but they were not one of them.
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
"Nevermore."
