Kel had been sneered at as a country bumpkin more than once, but that had been in daylight, either in a town with constables a few blocks away or else in the Forest that he knew better than any human ever would. There had always been an element of control in those situations, but here, alone in the dark with this strange creature that seemed to be neither dead nor alive, on a world where he didn't know the rules, his confidence was badly shaken. He didn't shrink, but there was the tiniest flinch in toned muscles and at the corners of his eyes at the other man's impatient mockery of his confusion.
"That... sounds horrible," he admitted quietly, still at a bit of a loss. He had nothing in his experience to compare with what the stranger described; no fairy tale or myth or work of fact or fiction that he had read - not that he had read much - or heard.
A tale of love lost, star crossed or cursed, at least made a little more sense to the hunter, though his native compassion was blunted by the Ascended's bullying ways. "Were... were you together long?" If only to keep the other man talking, and his attention focused on the past rather than Kel.
"That... sounds horrible," he admitted quietly, still at a bit of a loss. He had nothing in his experience to compare with what the stranger described; no fairy tale or myth or work of fact or fiction that he had read - not that he had read much - or heard.
A tale of love lost, star crossed or cursed, at least made a little more sense to the hunter, though his native compassion was blunted by the Ascended's bullying ways. "Were... were you together long?" If only to keep the other man talking, and his attention focused on the past rather than Kel.
