LOREN
Loren’s brow furrowed as he considered Delphia’s question. ”It’s both, I think?” Giving her a slightly embarrassed smile, he rubbed his palm against his thigh. ”You seemed...disappointed in me earlier when I said that I would rather accept my frame of reference as the only one I’d ever be able to understand.” Rather than meet her gaze, he kept his eyes on the water. It grew into a shapeless blob as he lost interest in making animals, though it still followed the mud. Now, though, the liquid was listless and the mud itself paused, as if to try and understand the change.
Then Astra nudged him and he flashed her a genuine grin before returning his attention to the demi-god. The smile slipped away, to be replaced by a frown, as she talked about his old world. ”It wasn’t so bad. No worse than Caido, really. And you might’ve existed, just in a different form.” Strangely enough, the summoner’s tone grew defensive.
Shrugging again at her comment, the Launceleyn glanced at the woods behind her, the sky, basically anywhere but her. ”I’ll take your word for it.” His voice came out politely and kindly enough, but a hint of doubt crept into it.
Then Astra nudged him and he flashed her a genuine grin before returning his attention to the demi-god. The smile slipped away, to be replaced by a frown, as she talked about his old world. ”It wasn’t so bad. No worse than Caido, really. And you might’ve existed, just in a different form.” Strangely enough, the summoner’s tone grew defensive.
Shrugging again at her comment, the Launceleyn glanced at the woods behind her, the sky, basically anywhere but her. ”I’ll take your word for it.” His voice came out politely and kindly enough, but a hint of doubt crept into it.
look at how a single candle can both
defy and define the darkness
defy and define the darkness
