NATE
Truth be told a perfectly healthy woman is not what Nate expects to find in his lobby, no matter the mental picture Pemota had supplied him. There’s no recognition, the woman a virtual stranger, but still, something about her seems familiar. The starwhal drifts towards her bonded, circling his shoulders and leaning into the hand that lifts to stroke along her side.
Surprise touches his features as he's introduced to himself, some part of Nate unable to stop himself from looking down, patting at his chest before returning his gaze to her. "Pretty sure that's right." It's not exactly rare that people know who he is without him knowing them, but it is very rarely a good thing. Not that that's enough to stop him from shaking her hand, a curl of a grin settled on his face. The imbalance is corrected in her next breath, the name she gives bringing with it a soft gasp of recognition, and a more wicked slant of the grin. "You're filling big shoes." He murmurs, managing to get the words in before she launches into her explanation.
"No need to apologize, Torchline isn't big enough that we'd miss each other forever." And Nate wasn't so big-headed that he expected his introduction to be an event. "It's good to get to meet you now. Sunjata actually told me a little bit about you." This is said with a somewhat enigmatic smile, Nate leaving it completely up to Aurelia to figure out if he'd been told good or bad.
”Can I get you a drink or anything? Or...” Nate gestures around the clinic, Pemota moving around his sweeping arm, well used to his gesturing by now. ”Are you here for business?” Theres an edge of laughter in the words, because they’re mostly a joke. As far as he can tell by looking, Aurelia is fine, healthy as can be. His baseline may be different than hers though, so he curbs any actual chuckles, wanting her to feel comfortable enough to speak up if there is something he can help with.
Surprise touches his features as he's introduced to himself, some part of Nate unable to stop himself from looking down, patting at his chest before returning his gaze to her. "Pretty sure that's right." It's not exactly rare that people know who he is without him knowing them, but it is very rarely a good thing. Not that that's enough to stop him from shaking her hand, a curl of a grin settled on his face. The imbalance is corrected in her next breath, the name she gives bringing with it a soft gasp of recognition, and a more wicked slant of the grin. "You're filling big shoes." He murmurs, managing to get the words in before she launches into her explanation.
"No need to apologize, Torchline isn't big enough that we'd miss each other forever." And Nate wasn't so big-headed that he expected his introduction to be an event. "It's good to get to meet you now. Sunjata actually told me a little bit about you." This is said with a somewhat enigmatic smile, Nate leaving it completely up to Aurelia to figure out if he'd been told good or bad.
”Can I get you a drink or anything? Or...” Nate gestures around the clinic, Pemota moving around his sweeping arm, well used to his gesturing by now. ”Are you here for business?” Theres an edge of laughter in the words, because they’re mostly a joke. As far as he can tell by looking, Aurelia is fine, healthy as can be. His baseline may be different than hers though, so he curbs any actual chuckles, wanting her to feel comfortable enough to speak up if there is something he can help with.
I am the problem
And you just sit there watching
And you just sit there watching
