Don't let the sun in your heart decay

are those real stars that hang in the sky? or are they man-made, a trick of the light?

It really begins to paint the other man in an adventurer sort of mindset for Felix, as he stares up from where he sits along the dock trying to imagine what the Ascended might have seen. It only adds to the fact when he’s asking if he writes books, hanging onto that thread as well, brows furrowing slightly as he tries to imagine what a Loreseeker would do as well. “Oh.” He offers, lips pursing briefly as if he’s thinking it over before his gaze slips toward the inky black waves below again and how far they stretch out. “I’ve never been to the Grounds yet either.” He comments quietly, imagining that his mother might bring him one of these days.

But for now the prospect of meeting the people in the stories Vai has told him growing up keep him rooted here and excited about what the world has to offer. “Are there more Loreseekers? Do they do what you do?” His head swings back toward Sam curiously – until of course the subject of cannibals distracts him and he’s confused and wanting to learn more. Perhaps Sam might be a good teacher for all those strange things he has yet to hear of, being an adventurer and a loreseeker, after all.

“Eats other people?” Felix croaks out, face contorting into a shape that seems to suggest he’s grossed out. “Ew.” He sticks his tongue out and shakes his head the equivalent of a few different emojis I’m sure lmao. And when his gaze lands on Sam again he’s a bit off put, trying to figure out why someone would even make a rumor about that. “What’s the point of the rumor… One like that?” He nearly makes that same disgusted face again, but he reins it in well enough.

FELIX