They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
Nodding at Melita's question, Loren smiled a bit ruefully. "When you had the blight. Trust me, it's not the worst introduction I've had with someone." Then he hesitated and his smile turned apologetic. "I am sorry, though, that you had to go through all that." It came out quietly and uncertainly.
When she responded that she didn't know any better than he did, he shrugged. "I guess I'll keep at it then. And hopefully keep you out of it next time." Cheeks flushing a bit with embarrassment, he scratched behind Astra's ears. She gave out an excited bleat, then trotted up to the redhead and Fangorn to say a proper goodbye.
Nodding again at the woman's words, the healer slipped his hands into his pockets. "You too, Melita." He looked down one more time at the puddles, and it showed it strolling through the hallways of the Palace, completely alone except for Astra, eyes shining with tears that he refused to let fall. Tearing his gaze away, he turned and walked away without a look back.
He didn't need that particular vision to be translated.
When she responded that she didn't know any better than he did, he shrugged. "I guess I'll keep at it then. And hopefully keep you out of it next time." Cheeks flushing a bit with embarrassment, he scratched behind Astra's ears. She gave out an excited bleat, then trotted up to the redhead and Fangorn to say a proper goodbye.
Nodding again at the woman's words, the healer slipped his hands into his pockets. "You too, Melita." He looked down one more time at the puddles, and it showed it strolling through the hallways of the Palace, completely alone except for Astra, eyes shining with tears that he refused to let fall. Tearing his gaze away, he turned and walked away without a look back.
He didn't need that particular vision to be translated.
LOREN
