A boy or not, he had mostly ceased the title used and given to so many who were new in the ways of the world. In truth, he rather suspected that if his father or mother were still alive, they'd still be calling him just that to this very day. But here, it was not done out of condescension, Revas had no desire to be like the nobility of old. If the younger elf saw it as mocking rather then a result of his insistence to use such an irritating nickname on him, well that was his own choice truthfully. He wasn't in Arlathan to try and change that, trying to shift people's mindsets took time and frankly these days, it sounded like a lot of hard work he didn't have time for.
A snort was the first thing that left him at the suggestion of him being a romantic, he certainly didn't see himself as one. If he did, he'd probably have been better working as a bard rather then a solider or General. [color=#008e02]"Hardly. It is merely a preference. I've no desire to play that particular game anymore."[/color] Sleeping around hadn't been fun, sure for the first few times it had been somewhat pleasurable, but that quickly faded when the reasons he had for doing so hadn't been out of any desire to bed any of the people he had. No, it was all part of the game, manipulation woven between soft words and even softer caresses. What was the point of that anymore without it meaning something? Neither he nor whomever's bed he shared one night to the next had cared, and that in the end, had been the problem.
Had he been far more youthful in his years, he might have agreed upon the idea that love was for fools. Or maybe he was just the fool, either way time had granted him the chance to see things differently. No wonder so many people held so much pain, all tangled up as it was with the joy, love and lust. [color=#008e02]"A long time ago I might have agreed with you. Perhaps you have simply not found the right person to care about, or who cares about you without any other sort of malicious intent. Though I am sorry, that you were hurt previously, it cannot have been pleasant."[/color] Understatement of the year perhaps, but anything involving strong emotions. Be they love or hate, were never simple or easily understood. It was why so many arguments happened between friends and family alike, why hurt was so constant no matter where he went. He couldn't help everyone, not in that way anymore.
Of course, rather then anything meaningful, it was a tangent once more directed his way. How nice. [color=#008e02]"Mm, I'm sure it does. I could say the same, but I'm not one for bragging."[/color] Leave that for those that actually had the urge and want to do so. Besides his own tastes were just that for a reason, why share when figuring it out was half the entertainment? Or maybe he just liked puzzles. [color=#008e02]"Lucky me, I'm sure you'll get to it eventually and be stubbornly persistent about it."[/color] That much he had worked out early on, if the younger got a reaction, he'd just keep on going with it. Until he ceased reacting or until the elven male grew bored and switched topics. For a so called scholar, he'd yet to see Ruth exhibit much patience.
The look of suspicion almost made him want to laugh, how many times had someone stared at him in such a manner and gotten nothing from it? Far too many. The fact that Ruth didn't want to talk about it, well it was obvious even without the demand, the rushed speech. Words before thoughts that seemed rather personal indeed. He would not push, it wasn't his place to do so. Besides, he'd be even more of a hypocrite if he did, there were plenty of his own secrets that he kept under lock and key for good reason. Prying out someone else's just didn't seem fair. [color=#008e02]"You do not have to discuss anything with me that you do not want to Ruth. It would be rather horrid of me to pry when I have plenty of secrets myself."[/color] A reasonable explanation, or so he thought, but perhaps the other would find a way to twist it as he often did.
[color=#008e02]"I am very aware of the differences and I am certain if I do not perish I shall have plenty of time once everything is more settled to learn about the history that I have missed."[/color] Speaking so casually of his own demise was a rather thing, he could even feel a brief flicker of interest from June before the thought and sensation vanished along with it. But he had come to accept that his chances were not as high for survival as he'd like, he only had so much time to gain what he hoped would be enough to allow him to remain. He wasn't about to tell the younger that however, he did not need someone else to carry his burdens or worries for him. Not him or anyone else.
Staring at the sky above left his rather only somewhat distracted. Words flowed with little thought behind them, what the other did with what he'd noticed thus far was his to figure out. Though there was nothing but silence as he was noted to be observant, it wouldn't be the first time he'd been told that. [color=#008e02]"Well you'll be pleased to know I'm not looking to gain anything from you or use you, assuming you believe me that is. If I were, I would have given in to your flirting the first time we met."[/color] Factual, genuine. Using people was easy when they wanted after something so carnal, it told so much about a person by how driven they were to such simple desires. He had no need, or want to use someone like that in this day and age, it gained him nothing and made him feel horrible just to think about now anyways.
A snort was the first thing that left him at the suggestion of him being a romantic, he certainly didn't see himself as one. If he did, he'd probably have been better working as a bard rather then a solider or General. [color=#008e02]"Hardly. It is merely a preference. I've no desire to play that particular game anymore."[/color] Sleeping around hadn't been fun, sure for the first few times it had been somewhat pleasurable, but that quickly faded when the reasons he had for doing so hadn't been out of any desire to bed any of the people he had. No, it was all part of the game, manipulation woven between soft words and even softer caresses. What was the point of that anymore without it meaning something? Neither he nor whomever's bed he shared one night to the next had cared, and that in the end, had been the problem.
Had he been far more youthful in his years, he might have agreed upon the idea that love was for fools. Or maybe he was just the fool, either way time had granted him the chance to see things differently. No wonder so many people held so much pain, all tangled up as it was with the joy, love and lust. [color=#008e02]"A long time ago I might have agreed with you. Perhaps you have simply not found the right person to care about, or who cares about you without any other sort of malicious intent. Though I am sorry, that you were hurt previously, it cannot have been pleasant."[/color] Understatement of the year perhaps, but anything involving strong emotions. Be they love or hate, were never simple or easily understood. It was why so many arguments happened between friends and family alike, why hurt was so constant no matter where he went. He couldn't help everyone, not in that way anymore.
Of course, rather then anything meaningful, it was a tangent once more directed his way. How nice. [color=#008e02]"Mm, I'm sure it does. I could say the same, but I'm not one for bragging."[/color] Leave that for those that actually had the urge and want to do so. Besides his own tastes were just that for a reason, why share when figuring it out was half the entertainment? Or maybe he just liked puzzles. [color=#008e02]"Lucky me, I'm sure you'll get to it eventually and be stubbornly persistent about it."[/color] That much he had worked out early on, if the younger got a reaction, he'd just keep on going with it. Until he ceased reacting or until the elven male grew bored and switched topics. For a so called scholar, he'd yet to see Ruth exhibit much patience.
The look of suspicion almost made him want to laugh, how many times had someone stared at him in such a manner and gotten nothing from it? Far too many. The fact that Ruth didn't want to talk about it, well it was obvious even without the demand, the rushed speech. Words before thoughts that seemed rather personal indeed. He would not push, it wasn't his place to do so. Besides, he'd be even more of a hypocrite if he did, there were plenty of his own secrets that he kept under lock and key for good reason. Prying out someone else's just didn't seem fair. [color=#008e02]"You do not have to discuss anything with me that you do not want to Ruth. It would be rather horrid of me to pry when I have plenty of secrets myself."[/color] A reasonable explanation, or so he thought, but perhaps the other would find a way to twist it as he often did.
[color=#008e02]"I am very aware of the differences and I am certain if I do not perish I shall have plenty of time once everything is more settled to learn about the history that I have missed."[/color] Speaking so casually of his own demise was a rather thing, he could even feel a brief flicker of interest from June before the thought and sensation vanished along with it. But he had come to accept that his chances were not as high for survival as he'd like, he only had so much time to gain what he hoped would be enough to allow him to remain. He wasn't about to tell the younger that however, he did not need someone else to carry his burdens or worries for him. Not him or anyone else.
Staring at the sky above left his rather only somewhat distracted. Words flowed with little thought behind them, what the other did with what he'd noticed thus far was his to figure out. Though there was nothing but silence as he was noted to be observant, it wouldn't be the first time he'd been told that. [color=#008e02]"Well you'll be pleased to know I'm not looking to gain anything from you or use you, assuming you believe me that is. If I were, I would have given in to your flirting the first time we met."[/color] Factual, genuine. Using people was easy when they wanted after something so carnal, it told so much about a person by how driven they were to such simple desires. He had no need, or want to use someone like that in this day and age, it gained him nothing and made him feel horrible just to think about now anyways.
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