He could hear the grief in her voice but Tal, awkward as ever when it came to tears and mourning, didn't know what to do about it. He bit his lip as he glanced down and realized that what they'd found in Stormbreak's university library had affected Maea profoundly, in ways he didn't understand. He didn't know her history or the similarities that the spirit had with her - right down to the dying part.
But Maea had come back.
This particular soul probably wouldn't.
He cleared his throat self-consciously, then gingerly settled himself down behind the pale Ancient, sitting back-to-back with her so he could honestly say he hadn't seen her crying if it ever came up. Gods knew he hated it when anyone saw him getting all teary-eyed, but he'd gotten enough socialization over the past several years to realize it would be awfully shitty of him to just retreat and leave her alone at a time like this.
"Yeah... don't blame you," he mumbled, rubbing his thumb over the spine of the little thesis. "I, uh... I'm glad you were here, though. So he could pass this along to... y'know. Another scholar." And not just a lunk like the courier. "An' now he can finally move on th'way he's s'posed to, 'stead o' hauntin' this place forever. So I think maybe we did help 'im out, in a way." Shit, he was bad at making sad people feel better. Hopefully he wasn't just making things worse?
But Maea had come back.
This particular soul probably wouldn't.
He cleared his throat self-consciously, then gingerly settled himself down behind the pale Ancient, sitting back-to-back with her so he could honestly say he hadn't seen her crying if it ever came up. Gods knew he hated it when anyone saw him getting all teary-eyed, but he'd gotten enough socialization over the past several years to realize it would be awfully shitty of him to just retreat and leave her alone at a time like this.
"Yeah... don't blame you," he mumbled, rubbing his thumb over the spine of the little thesis. "I, uh... I'm glad you were here, though. So he could pass this along to... y'know. Another scholar." And not just a lunk like the courier. "An' now he can finally move on th'way he's s'posed to, 'stead o' hauntin' this place forever. So I think maybe we did help 'im out, in a way." Shit, he was bad at making sad people feel better. Hopefully he wasn't just making things worse?
