04-27-2023, 11:04 PM
She leaves, and Abrus forgets her for those moments. He closes his eyes, focusing on himself (though since he is already blind, this is largely just an instinctual action). The exhaustion is expansive, and he is aware that he could sleep for a few days. Perhaps he will - if he cannot find the energy to move from this spot, he will stay here and sleep for as long as it takes. His companion can watch over him. This land is still so unknown to him - and even if there were only mundane threats, in his current condition they could do more damage than they would normally.
Abrus is surprised when she returns, and even more surprised to find that she brought some sort of plant with her. He can hear her emerge from the water, and place something upon the ground - his ears twitching as they track her. There is not a single part of him that feels compelled to try it, though. It had been a waste of her time.
When she asks if he’ll tell her the herbs of the land he shakes his head. “I could, but I won’t.”
It does not occur to him to explain why, or why he does not need the herbs at all. They were still within their first meeting, after all. He did not owe her such things.
So he changes the subject. “Are there a lot of sea-dwellers here in this world, ones like you?”
Abrus is surprised when she returns, and even more surprised to find that she brought some sort of plant with her. He can hear her emerge from the water, and place something upon the ground - his ears twitching as they track her. There is not a single part of him that feels compelled to try it, though. It had been a waste of her time.
When she asks if he’ll tell her the herbs of the land he shakes his head. “I could, but I won’t.”
It does not occur to him to explain why, or why he does not need the herbs at all. They were still within their first meeting, after all. He did not owe her such things.
So he changes the subject. “Are there a lot of sea-dwellers here in this world, ones like you?”
@Selija