Put the Bounce Back in Your Step!

Remi had never quite been the defensive type before. But now with Aoife against him, he found himself suddenly with his arms around her as the man shifted before them, claws extended from tense fingers. However the easy smile on Caleb's face and the twinkle in his gaze did much to calm the already emotionally-chapped alchemist, who laughed a bit unsteadily and nodded. "Ah, hello." He managed, searching for his normally easy banter and open regard for strangers and finding only traces of it. "Ah, no problem at all." Remi hummed, shaking his head to suggest the apology wasn't needed at all. "Pleased to meet you Caleb. I am Remi, and this is Aoife." He said, nodding towards the star-eyed child against his chest. Slightly thrown off though he might have been, still, politeness came naturally. The alchemist hadn't exactly intended on making his first venture out anything more than a solo stroll, but if recent events had taught him anything, it was that he hardly had control over the world. Яemi I'm holding on to all the pieces of my heart's debris, until it's time I'll pull it together and fix myself eventually & know it's mine