everything has its wonders
"Hey, it's just me." Ronin held his hands up in a placating gesture - the last thing he had expected was for Amalia to be training down here, let alone for her to round on him at the first sound of an interruption.
He tried on a smile for her when she lowered the staff, Ronin dropping his hands and stepping further into the basement. Before he could make some wry quip or a joke or... well, anything, she opened with perhaps the one thing that could kill his cheerful demeanour.
"I see," he murmured, pulling up a seat and sinking down into it, nodding for Amalia to join him if she liked. "She approached you," he said slowly, a frown knitting his eyebrows together. "Did she say why...?"
He tried on a smile for her when she lowered the staff, Ronin dropping his hands and stepping further into the basement. Before he could make some wry quip or a joke or... well, anything, she opened with perhaps the one thing that could kill his cheerful demeanour.
"I see," he murmured, pulling up a seat and sinking down into it, nodding for Amalia to join him if she liked. "She approached you," he said slowly, a frown knitting his eyebrows together. "Did she say why...?"
even darkness and silence
