She looked like hell. He might have been in bad shape, clothing torn and bloodied where the rocks and spears and sticks and stones of the monsters had struck him, an evil black gunk clinging to him, but the unicorns had at least been able to make him whole again, unlike the woman who sat in the dimly lit room without eyes to see it.
He hummed a soft affirmative when she called his name, slipping in to come and kneel beside her. Her hands were splinted and wrapped so instead he rested his fingers lightly on her arm above the damaged areas to let her know where he was. "How is it that even while bearing such grievous wounds you still remain so radiant?" He asked her gently, gallant as the day they had met. It was a lie, perhaps, but then again perhaps not. There was more than just her outer beauty to be admired, after all. "I'm just glad I was near enough to do something."
Her question earned a crooked smile that she could not see, a brief flinch of the fingers on her arm as he exhaled slowly, gathering his thoughts. "I... have been better," he said diplomatically. "Though given that it is LongNight, everyone can say that." He paused, looking away for a moment before he spoke again with a voice that was lower and quieter and edged with regret. "Kiada and I went out to find her lost lover's soul but... the monster that held it was too strong for us and we were forced to bargain with it instead of battling it cleanly." Not that there could have been a 'clean' fight given the amount of sludge being slung around, but... well, you get the idea.
He hummed a soft affirmative when she called his name, slipping in to come and kneel beside her. Her hands were splinted and wrapped so instead he rested his fingers lightly on her arm above the damaged areas to let her know where he was. "How is it that even while bearing such grievous wounds you still remain so radiant?" He asked her gently, gallant as the day they had met. It was a lie, perhaps, but then again perhaps not. There was more than just her outer beauty to be admired, after all. "I'm just glad I was near enough to do something."
Her question earned a crooked smile that she could not see, a brief flinch of the fingers on her arm as he exhaled slowly, gathering his thoughts. "I... have been better," he said diplomatically. "Though given that it is LongNight, everyone can say that." He paused, looking away for a moment before he spoke again with a voice that was lower and quieter and edged with regret. "Kiada and I went out to find her lost lover's soul but... the monster that held it was too strong for us and we were forced to bargain with it instead of battling it cleanly." Not that there could have been a 'clean' fight given the amount of sludge being slung around, but... well, you get the idea.
