LOREN
Hopefully it was fine, but even if it wasn’t the summoner definitely wasn’t going to keep talking about it. Besides, their conversation about The Voice was much more interesting and important than a sex room. While he wasn’t going to speculate about the goddess’ motives—or why the Ascended didn’t age, though he filed away that tidbit for later—he still found that he had questions.Well, actually, he had one question in particular. ”Could...could I talk to her?” While Loren didn’t really know what he would say, if anything (assuming The Voice would even answer, given his status as an Abandoned), he always felt that it was better to go directly to the source rather than listen to baseless rumors and gossip. And unlike many others in the Hollowed Grounds, he had almost no preconceived notions about the goddess of the Ascended.
”Of course.” Rexanna’s thanks was surprising, and he answered automatically: obviously Loren, at least, was not going to let anything put a damper on the bride and groom’s happy day. Even if he couldn’t ever imagine himself loving someone and being loved in turn enough to get married, that didn’t mean he couldn’t help others find their bliss.
In fact, it seemed the least he could do, after all the romantic troubles he’d caused. Then again, maybe that was a reason for him to steer clear of others’ relationships.
Recognizing that line of thinking wasn’t going to lead anywhere either of them wanted, he firmly turned his attention back to the blue-eyed woman. ”I’m sure he will. And even if he doesn’t, he loves you.” So it shouldn’t matter if the ring was ugly, or if there was no ring at all; as long as the two of them were happy with one another, the rest was just window dressing.
As she offered to listen to him for as long as he might need, he smiled a bit sadly at her. ”I don’t know that I’ve ever felt the need to talk about something for hours, though I’ve definitely felt tired before.” Actually, he felt tired pretty much all the time. ”But thank you. I really appreciate it.” Even if he was quite unlikely to take her up on the suggestion, that didn’t mean he wasn’t grateful.
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