Unable to stop the wide grin as Isla accepted his embrace, Sam squeezed her once before moving back, perhaps staring at her face a little too much as he took it in again. After that night on the beach where he had helped Remi to push the unicorn's body into the sea, he had imagined he'd never see her, until the distant far-off possibilities of the Voice's afterlife.
"Oh, well...I did go to Torchline for a while, but..." Gods, that was too much to get into during a casual reunion conversation, so he shrugged, trying to make it look as carefree as he could. "I came back. Couldn't leave the book store and so on." While that had not been the reason, it had been nice to get back to work on his store and bookmaking, the routine of it calming in it's own way.
Sam glanced about the Atheneum at her question, raising his eyebrows as he considered it. "I mean...not officially, but I'm the only one that still looks after it here as far as I know...so...I suppose?" There wasn't really anyone to make it official anyway; he couldn't see Wessex caring enough to give any kind of royal librarian decree. "Are you going to work in the infirmary again?"
"Oh, well...I did go to Torchline for a while, but..." Gods, that was too much to get into during a casual reunion conversation, so he shrugged, trying to make it look as carefree as he could. "I came back. Couldn't leave the book store and so on." While that had not been the reason, it had been nice to get back to work on his store and bookmaking, the routine of it calming in it's own way.
Sam glanced about the Atheneum at her question, raising his eyebrows as he considered it. "I mean...not officially, but I'm the only one that still looks after it here as far as I know...so...I suppose?" There wasn't really anyone to make it official anyway; he couldn't see Wessex caring enough to give any kind of royal librarian decree. "Are you going to work in the infirmary again?"
no value in the strength of walls that I have grown
Samuel
