They say blood makes you related but
loyalty makes you family
”So can a regular bow. Or a spell. Or even a punch, if you hit the other person right.” Loren wasn’t really arguing with Sunjata so much as pointing out that everything could be deadly in the right, or maybe wrong hands. As the other man confirmed both that his old world was completely free of magic and that he himself was an Accepted, the Launceleyn smiled sadly. ”You’re probably better off without it. It seems to be more of a curse than a blessing, especially in Caido.” Those with magic were called Abandoned for a reason: the gods had no love for them, and sometimes it seemed neither did anyone else.
When Sunjata brought up not screwing up this opportunity, the summoner almost wished he had more alcohol before him. The slight buzz was already fading and Loren missed how easy it had made it for him to relax into the conversation. ”That’s really all we can hope for. But I’m sure you won’t.” It sounded as if the other man had already been doing quite a bit of thinking about the whole situation. While that might not prevent further tragedies and misunderstandings. It was a start. Like Sunjata, the Launceleyn found his gaze straying to the struggling spider, while his thoughts wandered elsewhere and nowhere in particular. Hopefully this was a companionable and not an awkward silence.
When Sunjata brought up not screwing up this opportunity, the summoner almost wished he had more alcohol before him. The slight buzz was already fading and Loren missed how easy it had made it for him to relax into the conversation. ”That’s really all we can hope for. But I’m sure you won’t.” It sounded as if the other man had already been doing quite a bit of thinking about the whole situation. While that might not prevent further tragedies and misunderstandings. It was a start. Like Sunjata, the Launceleyn found his gaze straying to the struggling spider, while his thoughts wandered elsewhere and nowhere in particular. Hopefully this was a companionable and not an awkward silence.
LOREN
