They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
Aonghas accepted Loren’s offer of a place to stay, thankfully. It was hard enough getting used to Caido without sleeping out in the wilderness, especially in Deepfrost. The summoner should know: he’d spent more than his fair share of cold, dark, hard nights sleeping on the ground, both in this world and in his previous two. ”You’re welcome to stay with me for as long as you need.” In fact, the longer the better: Loren, strange as it might sound, felt that he could use the company.
As the other man mused about the natives and their relationship to the outsiders constantly popping into their lives, the Launceleyn couldn’t help but chuckle. ”They are very welcoming, that much is true, but they also quite quick to remind you that they have been here for far longer than us and that we are but ignorant outlanders compared to them. And mostly I’ve found that they are right about that.” At the other man’s question about the Atheneum, the summoner smiled and shook his head. ”This is the Atheneum, and yes, it’s a library of sorts. However, it’s certainly not mine. It belongs to all the people of the Hollowed Grounds. I simply help out when I can.” That was less true than he would’ve liked, but Loren had a lot to do—including welcoming new arrivals to Caido, it seemed—and he had little time to spare for the scrolls and tomes that so clearly needed attention.
As the other man mused about the natives and their relationship to the outsiders constantly popping into their lives, the Launceleyn couldn’t help but chuckle. ”They are very welcoming, that much is true, but they also quite quick to remind you that they have been here for far longer than us and that we are but ignorant outlanders compared to them. And mostly I’ve found that they are right about that.” At the other man’s question about the Atheneum, the summoner smiled and shook his head. ”This is the Atheneum, and yes, it’s a library of sorts. However, it’s certainly not mine. It belongs to all the people of the Hollowed Grounds. I simply help out when I can.” That was less true than he would’ve liked, but Loren had a lot to do—including welcoming new arrivals to Caido, it seemed—and he had little time to spare for the scrolls and tomes that so clearly needed attention.
LOREN
