"Cults? Yech. Fuck all of that," declared with a fierce scowl. As a Halovian he had a natural aversion to cultists on general principles but an even more deeply personal hatred for those followers of Eirachi that had stormed the Citadel's gates and killed his father after Neron's betrayal of the Deepfrost goddess. The candle didn't react to his grumpy muttering, ignoring him with the aloof aplomb that only an inanimate object could convey.
Maea's observations, however, earned a satisfied flare of the flame as it seemed to bow in her direction before it obligingly brightened. Blue was still not a great color for casting light, but it did its best to push back the darkness around the shelf it had indicated, and that Maea was now studying. Most of the titles began with a 'B', but the shelving nearest to Tal held an odd section with a slender soft-bound book that had been shoved so far back that its spine was completely hidden by the two larger, thicker hardcover books on either side of it. "Huh. Looks like someone just jammed somethin' in there," the courier mused. Indeed, the shelf was so tightly packed that his tentative tugging on one of the hardcovers with his free hand had no effect, except to threaten to pull out half the squashed-together books all at once.
Maea's observations, however, earned a satisfied flare of the flame as it seemed to bow in her direction before it obligingly brightened. Blue was still not a great color for casting light, but it did its best to push back the darkness around the shelf it had indicated, and that Maea was now studying. Most of the titles began with a 'B', but the shelving nearest to Tal held an odd section with a slender soft-bound book that had been shoved so far back that its spine was completely hidden by the two larger, thicker hardcover books on either side of it. "Huh. Looks like someone just jammed somethin' in there," the courier mused. Indeed, the shelf was so tightly packed that his tentative tugging on one of the hardcovers with his free hand had no effect, except to threaten to pull out half the squashed-together books all at once.
