Tale as Old as Time

"...Oh." Sam frowned, looked down at the table. For those Outlanders that had left people behind he had often thought it was a horrible thing to never know how your friends back home were, knowing that they'd always think you'd just disappeared. "Maybe...in some ways it's better that she doesn't know? At least this way she might be able to think he's just...on some kind of adventure." This Adam certainly sounded like he would cause a scene if his lantern was chosen at the festival, and the idea made Sam smile. "That sounds nice...You didn't actually say what you'd want on yours, though. It is morbid, but I'm curious." He laughed and gave Jigano and apologetic smile. He shook his head at the question about Abasi. "I never met him. But I was thinking if Loren wanted to but found it hard to do it on his own, I could help. I think he's rather more distraught about it than he often lets on." Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child