03-22-2022, 02:15 PM
Could you help me push aside all that I have left behind
It seems Tephra is somewhere he can cross off his list. Although there had been a faint hope that Ledger had ended up in the kingdom he had once served, he had known that it had been a long shot. His father had always been tight-lipped on his time served in the volcanic lands and had kept those conversations on a strict course of diplomatic lessons only. The nearby islands were something he hadn’t even thought of (with no way to truly get there) but she gently crosses them off his list as well.
He can’t help but take her in again as she thinks, watching the way she moves her wings or the shimmer of her colors that plays against the remaining daylight. There is a moment of gratitude when he realizes that she is trying to help him, that he is no longer alone in this search anymore. It makes him smile, the way she looks at him so sharply. It reminds him of the looks Loessian’s Champion would give him and his sister when he would catch them up to no good. “Not yet.” He admits to her when she questions his own hunt. “Dad always said you find the best news in the common lands so I’ve mostly been in the Meadow or the Forest trying to hear of anything. I guess I’m not as good at it yet as he is.” He says thoughtfully, holding on to her optimism to keep himself from submerging beneath his growing despair.
She tries to shake off the remaining foliage and he laughs gently as she complains, that strange flutter in his chest rising again when she looks at him like that. “I don’t mind.” He replies, his grin momentarily returning. “It kind of suits you.” Watching the dislodged leaves fall around her, he reaches out to pluck the few stubborn ones left. It gives him something to focus on, makes it easier to revert back to the conversation at hand and not think of that look in her eye that had made him swallow so hard. “Tephra was the only kingdom I had in mind but if they aren’t there…” He trails off, knowing that if Tarian lived there then surely he would have found them by now.
“I honestly don’t know where else to look Areane.” He shrugs helplessly, his dark brown gaze finding her as gold flecks glimmer with unease. “Maybe Dad went to the Isle but he would never leave behind Mom. I’ve no idea how to even get there to look.” He states slowly, his brow furrowed as he thinks of everything he had ever known about his parents and their past that might give away a clue. “I’m not sure about the other kingdoms or territories. My mother and older brother were captives of Pangea once so I doubt that any of them would be there.” He finally says uncertainly, not realizing just how wrong he was.
He can’t help but take her in again as she thinks, watching the way she moves her wings or the shimmer of her colors that plays against the remaining daylight. There is a moment of gratitude when he realizes that she is trying to help him, that he is no longer alone in this search anymore. It makes him smile, the way she looks at him so sharply. It reminds him of the looks Loessian’s Champion would give him and his sister when he would catch them up to no good. “Not yet.” He admits to her when she questions his own hunt. “Dad always said you find the best news in the common lands so I’ve mostly been in the Meadow or the Forest trying to hear of anything. I guess I’m not as good at it yet as he is.” He says thoughtfully, holding on to her optimism to keep himself from submerging beneath his growing despair.
She tries to shake off the remaining foliage and he laughs gently as she complains, that strange flutter in his chest rising again when she looks at him like that. “I don’t mind.” He replies, his grin momentarily returning. “It kind of suits you.” Watching the dislodged leaves fall around her, he reaches out to pluck the few stubborn ones left. It gives him something to focus on, makes it easier to revert back to the conversation at hand and not think of that look in her eye that had made him swallow so hard. “Tephra was the only kingdom I had in mind but if they aren’t there…” He trails off, knowing that if Tarian lived there then surely he would have found them by now.
“I honestly don’t know where else to look Areane.” He shrugs helplessly, his dark brown gaze finding her as gold flecks glimmer with unease. “Maybe Dad went to the Isle but he would never leave behind Mom. I’ve no idea how to even get there to look.” He states slowly, his brow furrowed as he thinks of everything he had ever known about his parents and their past that might give away a clue. “I’m not sure about the other kingdoms or territories. My mother and older brother were captives of Pangea once so I doubt that any of them would be there.” He finally says uncertainly, not realizing just how wrong he was.
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