"Yes. I'm excited to meet everyone." Sam agreed with a nod and a wide smile, gladly remembering just how easy to talk to Isla was, how she didn't take offense at all of his awkward habits and stumbling conversation. He needed more actual friends in his life, people that he could talk to without having to look out for hidden traps to fall into.
He began to walk to the stairs, to where he remembered the medical texts being. Of course, he didn't have much use for them usually and having been away for so long, Sam couldn't guarantee they'd still be there...but the place seemed like it had hardly been touched since he left, with Jigano being gone (he didn't say anything more on that either - what was there to say? They were both used to friends disappearing, he was sure).
"Things are......mmm." For a moment he considered lying, but she'd find out eventually. "You know at Longnight we're going to be...fighting, right? I think everyone is just nervous about that right now. That, and these...Order people." Sam pulled a face, his opinion of them very clearly poor. "I think it's a frightening time to be Ascended, and a lot of the people here are. "
He cleared his throat. "But yes, a book club sounds great!"
He began to walk to the stairs, to where he remembered the medical texts being. Of course, he didn't have much use for them usually and having been away for so long, Sam couldn't guarantee they'd still be there...but the place seemed like it had hardly been touched since he left, with Jigano being gone (he didn't say anything more on that either - what was there to say? They were both used to friends disappearing, he was sure).
"Things are......mmm." For a moment he considered lying, but she'd find out eventually. "You know at Longnight we're going to be...fighting, right? I think everyone is just nervous about that right now. That, and these...Order people." Sam pulled a face, his opinion of them very clearly poor. "I think it's a frightening time to be Ascended, and a lot of the people here are. "
He cleared his throat. "But yes, a book club sounds great!"
no value in the strength of walls that I have grown
Samuel
