neron
Steel blue eyes shot first to the dark haired man who had come swaggering forward, then lingered on the reptile around him. The soldiers did not lower their spears, and nor did they flinch at the sight of such strange companions. “If you’d like warmer, I suggest you turn around and go back where you came from. Be sexy on your own time, instead of wasting mine.”
And back to Loren. It was jarring, that he was not immediately recognised, but then Neron had been given months and months to get used to the newness of a face he had come to know better than his old one. “The Hollowed Grounds? You took your time in arriving, Loren.” A sneer curled across his lips - sir? He might be able to get used to that, he thought.
”I know your name because we share a name day, and grew up side by side,” he said simply. “You wish to establish trade and diplomatic relations, and yet you arrive perilously empty handed.” That in itself was part insult, part amusing, and with a flick of his hand, the soldiers lowered their spears. “What is it you would trade? Where are your ambassadors, your leaders? Surely it isn’t you who leads the Hollowed Grounds now?”
And back to Loren. It was jarring, that he was not immediately recognised, but then Neron had been given months and months to get used to the newness of a face he had come to know better than his old one. “The Hollowed Grounds? You took your time in arriving, Loren.” A sneer curled across his lips - sir? He might be able to get used to that, he thought.
”I know your name because we share a name day, and grew up side by side,” he said simply. “You wish to establish trade and diplomatic relations, and yet you arrive perilously empty handed.” That in itself was part insult, part amusing, and with a flick of his hand, the soldiers lowered their spears. “What is it you would trade? Where are your ambassadors, your leaders? Surely it isn’t you who leads the Hollowed Grounds now?”
lay your hand on me, one last time
