She had given him the opportunity, his returning smirk turning filthy as he detected the slight in hers. It was to be expected of him. His mouth was troublesome, but it equally helped him out of it too. A mixed blessing, though his tendency for trouble was never undaunted. “I do,” he retorted. “All you have to say is: Yes, Ruth, I’ll gladly ride you into Uthenera, and I’ll get to around to it,” he’d chuckle, body swaying with the playful teasing yet his head would shake. “Unfortunately for us both, I’m engaged today.”
Though fate, or trickery, had their goal be the same end. Ruth would listen as she drew closer to the ruin, observing her actions meticulously. These ancient elves, all those years of sleep and still, hardly anything was known about half of them, or what they got up to. Enough to make one slightly paranoid he was being singled out for a reason. “Old boyfriend?” he’d snicker mockingly. But no, far from it.
Maintaining his poker face, Ruth appeared unperturbed. “You don’t say. Not that I didn’t already know that, but you were around in those days. You would know better.” Perfect for when he had questions, though it took a little steam out of his sails at the lack of challenge. Glancing over, he also gleaned she was keeping herself from saying anything more of value, at least until it was necessary. Secrets. Fine. But it wouldn’t perturb his questioning. “I’d not have a grave at all. Puts the matter of anyone prodding around my bones to rest.”
Turning his body back towards the rest of his group, Ruth pursed his lips in thought. It was slow, slight to begin with, but as the cogs turned in his mind a clear deviance was obvious. “... Do you fancy having a little fun? How does spooking them off sound? An old elvhen haunting so to speak?”
Though fate, or trickery, had their goal be the same end. Ruth would listen as she drew closer to the ruin, observing her actions meticulously. These ancient elves, all those years of sleep and still, hardly anything was known about half of them, or what they got up to. Enough to make one slightly paranoid he was being singled out for a reason. “Old boyfriend?” he’d snicker mockingly. But no, far from it.
Maintaining his poker face, Ruth appeared unperturbed. “You don’t say. Not that I didn’t already know that, but you were around in those days. You would know better.” Perfect for when he had questions, though it took a little steam out of his sails at the lack of challenge. Glancing over, he also gleaned she was keeping herself from saying anything more of value, at least until it was necessary. Secrets. Fine. But it wouldn’t perturb his questioning. “I’d not have a grave at all. Puts the matter of anyone prodding around my bones to rest.”
Turning his body back towards the rest of his group, Ruth pursed his lips in thought. It was slow, slight to begin with, but as the cogs turned in his mind a clear deviance was obvious. “... Do you fancy having a little fun? How does spooking them off sound? An old elvhen haunting so to speak?”
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