"Not your fault." Alistair excused, keeping his attention on the sketch. "Quite expansive here, odds of finding a seated man sketching a landscape were slightly in your favor..." though he spoke in a rather smokey rasp, which masked his jest, his faint stubbled grin betrayed him.
AsRexanna introduced herself he paused again and looked up toward her. "Seems we're all stuck in this purgatory of sorts, though some have managed to make the best of i..."
His words froze a moment as his eyes appeared to focus as he really just took in the young woman's appearance for the first time, not just giving a faint glance.
His face turning beet red as he cleared his throat. Thankfully her compliment adjusted his focus. "I uh...thank you. I haven't had much time to focus on much of anything since arriving...It's been um..." her eyes weren't wavering and he found himself being more the fool as crimson consumed him.
"Drawing from reality...tends to put things in perspective. You um..." fingers scratched the back of his neck as he finally focused on the pad.
"You learn to accept things as they are. Learn the beauty of imperfection..."
The world was imperfect no matter how much you tried to save it...harsh lesson Alistair was forced to learn.
As
His words froze a moment as his eyes appeared to focus as he really just took in the young woman's appearance for the first time, not just giving a faint glance.
His face turning beet red as he cleared his throat. Thankfully her compliment adjusted his focus. "I uh...thank you. I haven't had much time to focus on much of anything since arriving...It's been um..." her eyes weren't wavering and he found himself being more the fool as crimson consumed him.
"Drawing from reality...tends to put things in perspective. You um..." fingers scratched the back of his neck as he finally focused on the pad.
"You learn to accept things as they are. Learn the beauty of imperfection..."
The world was imperfect no matter how much you tried to save it...harsh lesson Alistair was forced to learn.
