Well, damn. An 'uncle' might have been a distant relative, perhaps, or maybe he simply hadn't wanted to consider her closeness to the man who had waylaid him in the moonlight. There was no denying it or avoiding it now, however, not with the words laid out bare and stark between them. He hadn't even considered that she lived with the monster in man's clothing, and that silenced him as his fingers clenched on the charcoal, sending a sharp line cutting through 'Nate's' neck.
He didn't know much about the Ark, other than that Jiao was on it and that it had people she'd been wary of introducing him to. The name had no bad connotations with him, though it was a bit late for that to matter either way. He swallowed hard, finishing a few quick strokes as he gave a sharp nod, desperately wishing she had been related to anyone else in this too-hot, too-wet city of thieves and scoundrels. "I... y-yes. Just about..." He stood slowly, gathering his two pages and taking a deep breath to try and find the fleeting warmth he'd felt when they'd been sharing smiles over Fangorn. His fingers smudged the paper but he didn't notice as he reached for a pair of nails and trailed in Melita's wake to borrow the hammer when she was done and add his own posters to the wall near hers.
"I... well, I hope I'll see you around. Here or... around town," he offered, though more subdued. "Maybe... we can go hunting together some time?"
He didn't know much about the Ark, other than that Jiao was on it and that it had people she'd been wary of introducing him to. The name had no bad connotations with him, though it was a bit late for that to matter either way. He swallowed hard, finishing a few quick strokes as he gave a sharp nod, desperately wishing she had been related to anyone else in this too-hot, too-wet city of thieves and scoundrels. "I... y-yes. Just about..." He stood slowly, gathering his two pages and taking a deep breath to try and find the fleeting warmth he'd felt when they'd been sharing smiles over Fangorn. His fingers smudged the paper but he didn't notice as he reached for a pair of nails and trailed in Melita's wake to borrow the hammer when she was done and add his own posters to the wall near hers.
"I... well, I hope I'll see you around. Here or... around town," he offered, though more subdued. "Maybe... we can go hunting together some time?"
