A New and Brighter Birth (OPEN)

Abasi

Grace is just weakness

Abasi did not react to Phoebe's apology (he was not offended, he just...he wasn't sure, really) but he did look down in surprise to the beast that came up. After Loren's tamed Luxere he supposed he should not be surprised, but it still shocked him to see creatures that would have been purely myth in his old world casually turn up here.

An expecting partner. His mouth pulled into an awkward straight line, both embarrassed that she thought he was asking for a child and that he had simply never thought he could have something like a pregnant lover. "No. Where I came from, those who read the stars for children would also do the same for adults. I was hoping you might..." He waved his hand vaguely towards himself, too embarrassed to finish asking.

It seemed Oliver and Phoebe knew each other. Abasi wondered if his Blight right after arriving (and not at all his stand-offishness, of course) had hindered his social growth here. All that meant though, if it were true, was that he had to put in more effort now. He tried to add to the conversation with the little he knew, unawares he was about to step into a theological minefield.

"And what about The Voice? I've heard she is another God in this place? Does she speak to those who pray?" Would she speak to an Abandoned like me? He wondered privately but did not say, still scared to reveal that status.

Or so I've been told