Let's Try This Again

"I don't have a lot of happy memories from my childhood...the Atheneum is one of the only ones. I...suppose that's why I want to recreate it so badly." Perhaps a little too personal for a friendship just rekindled, but that was naturally where the train of thought had lead him. "I don't think I can do that though, so...I'm just trying to do the best work I can." Sam tried not to read any suspicion into Jigano's question about the Fae stories, hoping it was just a simple curiosity he'd ask anyway, not a half-accusation of him breaking the agreement with the Greatwood. "Well, there's always been some very ancient books in the Atheneum with stories that tell of Fae, so some of them are from there -- but also I met a lady in here recently...Nephele, was her name. She told me the true Capturing the Sun legend." If he was being truthful, he'd also learnt some things during his time in Sidhe just before the Blight, but did not mention those. "Yes, you told me of Ingrid. The others...maybe we should have some kind of meeting soon. Not quite a party..." He laughed at the idea of Jigano trying to host anything like the 'parties' he'd heard of at the Artist's Sanctuary. "...But an evening together." The old Sam would have never suggested a social event, but now he actually found himself curious to know more about their new members and eager to meet them. He took a sip of his tea as he reflected on this, wondered if that was really the reward for all his hard work of the last years. It seemed Jigano did not know about Loren. "I saw him here taking his books away..he said he was going to Halo. His partner died in the Greatwood fire and I think...he seems ruined by it." Sam sighed, frowning, unsure of what else to say. There certainly wasn't a way to fix the situation. Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child