"Indeed. Hard at work." Abasi repeated with a small smile, the only indication that he was actually joining in on the flirting.
As Loren apologised he realised he'd misspoken when he'd only really meant the weather, the general atmosphere of the place. Loren and indeed a lot of the people, the festivities he'd discovered, were actually anything but dull. Before he had a chance to correct himself the phoenix above them burst into being and he gasped, watched it with captivated eyes. "You know I do not mean you, surely?! Not when you can do such things and are so..." Abasi looked to Loren with a smaller, somehow more genuine, smile. "Wonderful to me."
Frey's test sounded far more personal than he had expected. "It sounds as if you overcame a great trial, then. I hope if your family does return these abilities may help you in that fight."
It seemed his inability to make nice-sounding compliments was going to be a regular source of amusement for Loren. "It is a compliment. Sometimes even those still living are no more entertaining than the dead I work with." Letting himself be dragged in for the kiss, he added after: "You must keep in mind you are the only person I willingly spend so much time with."
ABASI
it's sad to know that we are not alone
it's sad to know there's no honest way out
