The sphere glowed reassuringly, the charge none of them had asked for still safe for the moment, it would seem. He tucked it away again as the talk turned back to something more personal and intimate; a question of who and what and where she was going. He snorted softly, amused at her admission even as he sent a pulse of warmth and understanding through the bond. He could hardly fault her for his own hubris, though he doubted she would have listened to anyone but Safrin had they tried to tell her.
"You already are something," he said gently, genuine affection in his voice and in the bond. "Many things, in fact. Friend and baker, Loreseeker and librarian, chosen by Vi and favored by Safrin and Ludo. Companion to Jyoti and fiancee to Deimos," he added slyly at the end.
He rose and waved off her apology with a smile. "Plenty of time to practice it, still. And getting to talk with you is more important to me. Though, if we want to protect anyone else, we'd best start with ourselves," he added with a rueful chuckle. "A bit of training for both of us, perhaps. The last time I went into the Labyrinth I got sliced up by a boggart," he admitted with a faint grimace. "So clearly I need to work on my defense. The fire though... it sort of..." He hesitated, then shrugged a little helplessly. "It sort of crept up on me. Not long, though. I didn't even realize it at first. Magic has been unstable lately and I thought it was just part of how things were shifting." He tilted his head at her, rueful smile returning. "So I need to practice with that today, and make sure I can control it, so I don't hurt someone on accident. What about you? Anything you'd like to work on?"
"You already are something," he said gently, genuine affection in his voice and in the bond. "Many things, in fact. Friend and baker, Loreseeker and librarian, chosen by Vi and favored by Safrin and Ludo. Companion to Jyoti and fiancee to Deimos," he added slyly at the end.
He rose and waved off her apology with a smile. "Plenty of time to practice it, still. And getting to talk with you is more important to me. Though, if we want to protect anyone else, we'd best start with ourselves," he added with a rueful chuckle. "A bit of training for both of us, perhaps. The last time I went into the Labyrinth I got sliced up by a boggart," he admitted with a faint grimace. "So clearly I need to work on my defense. The fire though... it sort of..." He hesitated, then shrugged a little helplessly. "It sort of crept up on me. Not long, though. I didn't even realize it at first. Magic has been unstable lately and I thought it was just part of how things were shifting." He tilted his head at her, rueful smile returning. "So I need to practice with that today, and make sure I can control it, so I don't hurt someone on accident. What about you? Anything you'd like to work on?"
