[color=#0074d9]“From my home,”[/color] at least what was left of it, but she didn’t add that. Aoife sighed. [color=#0074d9]“I live on a small croft, up high in the valley.”[/color] But that was not what he perhaps was eluding to. A little of her old self shone through her eyes as he complimented her skills, the urge to shoot a sarcastic comment back licked behind her bitten tongue. [color=#0074d9]“I have had a lot of time to practise. My life has been a string of very difficult lessons.”[/color] A truer statement never spoken. [color=#0074d9]“My healing is mediocre compared to some mages that I know and have met.”[/color] Subtle magic, the kind that took a delicate hand was not how she operated. Aoife was brash, heavy-handed and destructive to her core. The only reason she knew as much healing magic was due to necessity. [color=#0074d9]“You should see what I can do to gravity and a cliff side.”[/color] A slyness slipped into her grin, and the Champion couldn’t help the quiet chuckle that followed.
She’d been relaxed, sitting back into the chair now that he’d made the smart decision of resting some more. Yet at the mention of her friends and their possible advantages pulled her brow low, suspicion snaking its way back in. [color=#0074d9]“I have, perhaps, one who you could say is that, yes.”[/color] She was on her way to pay him a visit at this very moment, Sebastian Vael. The others may have some influence elsewhere, but none could call themselves a Prince, and Aoife was particularly protective of this particular friend. Even Khali reacted, scoffing through her muzzle at the tension sensed from her mistress. The lad seemed to sense this, apologising, but Leaf couldn’t lay the blame entirely at his feet, she had shared her name and it naturally would invite questions.
[color=#0074d9]“I… will entertain some of your questions,”[/color] she’d relent, though her eyes sharpened in gentle warning at his self infliction. [color=#0074d9]“Not all of them though.”[/color] Lips twitched into a light grin, eyes trailing from the tankard to glance around the bar, shifting towards his voice when he asked about a bed or something. [color=#0074d9]“I have a room,”[/color] she’d offer. Her things were packed, ready to head off, but his condition would fair better on the road if he rested before they set out. [color=#0074d9]“Come on, you can kip for an hour or two, then we probably should make some headway. We’re wasting daylight.”[/color] Jutting her head towards the stairs, Leaf slowly rose to her feet.[color=#0074d9] “Khali, bed.”[/color] The mabari stood, easily weaving her way in guiding the lad. With her hand she gestured for him to head up,[color=#0074d9] “Go, she will keep you company, if just to set you at ease.”[/color]
She’d been relaxed, sitting back into the chair now that he’d made the smart decision of resting some more. Yet at the mention of her friends and their possible advantages pulled her brow low, suspicion snaking its way back in. [color=#0074d9]“I have, perhaps, one who you could say is that, yes.”[/color] She was on her way to pay him a visit at this very moment, Sebastian Vael. The others may have some influence elsewhere, but none could call themselves a Prince, and Aoife was particularly protective of this particular friend. Even Khali reacted, scoffing through her muzzle at the tension sensed from her mistress. The lad seemed to sense this, apologising, but Leaf couldn’t lay the blame entirely at his feet, she had shared her name and it naturally would invite questions.
[color=#0074d9]“I… will entertain some of your questions,”[/color] she’d relent, though her eyes sharpened in gentle warning at his self infliction. [color=#0074d9]“Not all of them though.”[/color] Lips twitched into a light grin, eyes trailing from the tankard to glance around the bar, shifting towards his voice when he asked about a bed or something. [color=#0074d9]“I have a room,”[/color] she’d offer. Her things were packed, ready to head off, but his condition would fair better on the road if he rested before they set out. [color=#0074d9]“Come on, you can kip for an hour or two, then we probably should make some headway. We’re wasting daylight.”[/color] Jutting her head towards the stairs, Leaf slowly rose to her feet.[color=#0074d9] “Khali, bed.”[/color] The mabari stood, easily weaving her way in guiding the lad. With her hand she gestured for him to head up,[color=#0074d9] “Go, she will keep you company, if just to set you at ease.”[/color]
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