there is always hope
"It happens. I win the pleasure of your company," Ronin says of her extra ten, gathering up the cards and giving them a casual shuffle again. He doesn't offer a second game, only because he's more interested in their conversation by now. "Ah, are you blessed with magic, then?" he inquires, smirking. "Keep trying. It might be hard to have the gods lend you an ear, but they'll listen eventually. What would you want to speak to them about?"
Aurelia. Better than Tree Girl, for sure. "Nice to meet you," he says, though his smile becomes something self-deprecating at the question of what he did. "I've got a particularly close relationship with the lady of the stars, as you can probably imagine. I told her no. She didn't appreciate it." He shrugs, seeming remarkably unbothered by it. (All a front, of course, but that's 90% of Ronin's life anyway).
"My turn - how do you know Sunjata?"
Aurelia. Better than Tree Girl, for sure. "Nice to meet you," he says, though his smile becomes something self-deprecating at the question of what he did. "I've got a particularly close relationship with the lady of the stars, as you can probably imagine. I told her no. She didn't appreciate it." He shrugs, seeming remarkably unbothered by it. (All a front, of course, but that's 90% of Ronin's life anyway).
"My turn - how do you know Sunjata?"
