He had a higher opinion of Ingrid than she perhaps realized, but he simply grinned and nodded acquiescence with her declaration that she was 'the worst people.' At least she seemed to say it with humor and joking in her voice, unlike Sam. Self-deprecation he could deal with, as long as it wasn't really self-hate.
"I look forward to the journey of discovery. You paint such a lovely picture of it," he said with a snort, before turning to the topic of sentient books, and a silver brow rose. "The way you were talking, I thought you knew," he said curiously. "The book swallows you up. Physically swallows you. If you have any large belongings they get left behind, or if you drop anything in surprise, but otherwise it sucks you into its pages and you take on the role of a character in the book. Physically. In a different body," he added with an air of suspicious innocence. "And no, you don't get to choose which character or body, not that we've found a way to do reliably yet."
So far he'd been turned into a talking horse and a buxom, scantily-clad sorceress. Some days were harder than others, when you were a Loreseeker.
Talk of the blight had him grimacing and looking away, invisible hackles rising at the memory. "The Blight was... terrible. It started by killing trees and plants in the Greatwood. It moved on to infecting animals, and then people. It... twisted things. Changed them. Turned their blood as black as tar and reduced men to mindless monsters who lashed out at those they loved most, and locked them into a living nightmare." He paused a moment, lips pressed thin before he looked at Ingrid again, finding a wan smile for her. "Vi and Rae saved us. And a Fae named Arduinna, who sacrificed herself to trap the blight away from the world."
He nodded with a chuckle at her moniker for Zariah, agreeing wholeheartedly. "Not just the Loreseekers. She pissed off the Artists, Artisans, and Monster Hunters... actually... almost every guild leader, come to think of it. But there's been some reorganizing since then. Still, I think she'd inspired just about everyone of any power in the Hollowed Grounds to work against her." Kiada was in charge of the Monster Hunter's Guild now, but even she had been part of the rebellion against Zariah. The only guild he was uncertain of was the Devil's Advocates - ah, but no, she'd pissed Adam off, too. Or was Sunjata in charge now?It was so hard to keep the timelines straight.
"I look forward to the journey of discovery. You paint such a lovely picture of it," he said with a snort, before turning to the topic of sentient books, and a silver brow rose. "The way you were talking, I thought you knew," he said curiously. "The book swallows you up. Physically swallows you. If you have any large belongings they get left behind, or if you drop anything in surprise, but otherwise it sucks you into its pages and you take on the role of a character in the book. Physically. In a different body," he added with an air of suspicious innocence. "And no, you don't get to choose which character or body, not that we've found a way to do reliably yet."
So far he'd been turned into a talking horse and a buxom, scantily-clad sorceress. Some days were harder than others, when you were a Loreseeker.
Talk of the blight had him grimacing and looking away, invisible hackles rising at the memory. "The Blight was... terrible. It started by killing trees and plants in the Greatwood. It moved on to infecting animals, and then people. It... twisted things. Changed them. Turned their blood as black as tar and reduced men to mindless monsters who lashed out at those they loved most, and locked them into a living nightmare." He paused a moment, lips pressed thin before he looked at Ingrid again, finding a wan smile for her. "Vi and Rae saved us. And a Fae named Arduinna, who sacrificed herself to trap the blight away from the world."
He nodded with a chuckle at her moniker for Zariah, agreeing wholeheartedly. "Not just the Loreseekers. She pissed off the Artists, Artisans, and Monster Hunters... actually... almost every guild leader, come to think of it. But there's been some reorganizing since then. Still, I think she'd inspired just about everyone of any power in the Hollowed Grounds to work against her." Kiada was in charge of the Monster Hunter's Guild now, but even she had been part of the rebellion against Zariah. The only guild he was uncertain of was the Devil's Advocates - ah, but no, she'd pissed Adam off, too. Or was Sunjata in charge now?
