Hearing their name in a familiarish voice snapped them out of their reverie. They turned to the sounds and blinked. "Maea the D-...!" They stopped themselves. Given Mr. Sunjata's reaction to the informal title, Quanil thought perhaps it might be rude to say. Even ruder to say to her face. "Miss Valair," they said instead.
It was only now they realized they were blocking the pathway out of the portal and they stepped back to hopefully be a little less of an obstacle. "Sorry, I was just, um... lost in thought." They glanced back towards that impossible blue as the breeze carried the salty scent of the sea towards them.
They cleared their throat and pulled their eyes away, to look back at Miss Valair. "Well, I'm a Loreseeker, you know. I... have lore. To seek." They cleared their throat. "If we don't seek the lore, who will? You know how it goes." They smiled. Specifically, they tried to smile the way Mr. Sunjata did, when he wanted to end a conversation but wanted you to think it was your idea to do so and he was just being polite in going along with it. This was not a smile that came naturally to Quanil and they'd never practiced it before, just seen Mr. Sunjata use it at the VlamVloed sometimes.
Being awkward came very naturally to Quanil. It seemed, in fact, to be the majority of their nature.
It was only now they realized they were blocking the pathway out of the portal and they stepped back to hopefully be a little less of an obstacle. "Sorry, I was just, um... lost in thought." They glanced back towards that impossible blue as the breeze carried the salty scent of the sea towards them.
They cleared their throat and pulled their eyes away, to look back at Miss Valair. "Well, I'm a Loreseeker, you know. I... have lore. To seek." They cleared their throat. "If we don't seek the lore, who will? You know how it goes." They smiled. Specifically, they tried to smile the way Mr. Sunjata did, when he wanted to end a conversation but wanted you to think it was your idea to do so and he was just being polite in going along with it. This was not a smile that came naturally to Quanil and they'd never practiced it before, just seen Mr. Sunjata use it at the VlamVloed sometimes.
Being awkward came very naturally to Quanil. It seemed, in fact, to be the majority of their nature.
