The Brightest Stars

BASTIEN When Caiside told him it sounded tempting, Bastien smirked and moved out his hands with a tilt of his head in a 'see?' gesture, basically ignoring the second half of the sentence. How could this place not be tempting? "But don't you see? The work is making her name known. Or at least...it is for now. I do not know the Gods here intimately, no one does, but I'm sure she will have a purpose for me eventually. This is all leading to something." He took a hearty swig of wine and smiled around at his church, his expression almost manic for just a second. "And when it does, I...and those who follow me, will be the most wonderful people here." He moved to look dreamily at a portrait of Safrin behind him. "It is a natural kind of goal for someone like you, ah? Someone divine already? With gold in his eyes and hair?" Turning back around, he ventured to lean forward and take a little of Caiside's hair in his fingers gently, played with it just a little. This was where the aforementioned seducing came in. "You do not have to believe it all. Just have a desire to have a good time and a love for beauty and life." you never had time for metaphor, or, rather, you had time to spare for those who used it with care, holy mother star