They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
Loren only noticed the spider under the table next to them after he approached Sunjata, and the librarian gave it a fond smile before sitting. Now that he knew the creatures weren’t hostile in the slightest, he lumped them together with the other strange beasts of Caido: infinitely better than most people and usually more worthy of his attention. ”That’s one of the biggest I’ve seen, how about you?” The summoner nods towards the spider so that the other man doesn’t think the librarian is talking about something else.
At the comment that Sunjata might need some company, Loren tilted his head. ”Oh? Is that so? Well, I can’t promise to be good company, but I’m hopefully better than nothing.” Then, however, the other man asked about the summoner’s family, and he narrowed his eyes, wondering whether or not Sunjata was one of those who held a grudge against the Launceleyns. However, Loren decided the other man wouldn’t have come on the hunt that the summoner had hosted if Sunjata had not been a fan of the librarian’s kin. ”Guilty.”
Of course, Loren felt like an idiot when it turned out the reason Sunjata was asking was simply because he’d known Edy. ”Oh. Thank you.” Awkwardly, the summoner turned his head to look back at the spider, not wanting the other man to see the sadness that flashed across the librarian’s face when he thought about his cousin. ”How did you know her?” Because Loren had not been there for Edy during her final days—a fact he regretted more than pretty much anything—he was trying to collect stories about her from everyone he could. Thankfully, she’d been such a colorful presence that it wasn’t difficult.
At the comment that Sunjata might need some company, Loren tilted his head. ”Oh? Is that so? Well, I can’t promise to be good company, but I’m hopefully better than nothing.” Then, however, the other man asked about the summoner’s family, and he narrowed his eyes, wondering whether or not Sunjata was one of those who held a grudge against the Launceleyns. However, Loren decided the other man wouldn’t have come on the hunt that the summoner had hosted if Sunjata had not been a fan of the librarian’s kin. ”Guilty.”
Of course, Loren felt like an idiot when it turned out the reason Sunjata was asking was simply because he’d known Edy. ”Oh. Thank you.” Awkwardly, the summoner turned his head to look back at the spider, not wanting the other man to see the sadness that flashed across the librarian’s face when he thought about his cousin. ”How did you know her?” Because Loren had not been there for Edy during her final days—a fact he regretted more than pretty much anything—he was trying to collect stories about her from everyone he could. Thankfully, she’d been such a colorful presence that it wasn’t difficult.
LOREN
