[ She nods in agreement. It really is a boon for them that the locals, while still keeping to their own ways, were so accommodating in the assimilation of those that fled Thorne. Solvunn feels so remote, a far cry from the stone walls that one encased them. Not having a lay of the land makes it difficult to really visualize how far away they are from the Kingdom, but it is nice to feel safe, at least for a little while.
But the real boon is seeing the way that Amos talks about his friends. He tends to put things simply, breaking them down into small, digestible pieces which make him easy to follow for the most part, even when he's talking about things she doesn't understand. But there's a new light in his eyes and a lift in his voice as he shares little bits about Naomi, Cap, and Alex. She finds herself smiling along with him, already drawing up images in her mind with what little she has to go off of, what it must have been like inside the Roci with a crew of mere four, travelling the sunless seas.
These are the people that he had to leave behind. Everyone here is missing someone. ]
Is it just you four, then? Two to maintain the Roci, one to steer it, and one to command the team? I wouldn't know what is needed but the sea-faring vessels I've been on usually require much more!
[ It's clear that he enjoys what he does. Would that he be able to do that here as well...
To Amos' question, she gives an affirmative hum. In some ways it makes her lucky--no, she is lucky that she has someone to rely on. Someones? ]
A good friend and now colleague of mine arrived before I did--Estinien. He's a dragoon with at least a decade more combat experience than me. I met him in that wintery place I told you about.
[ Ishgard. Estinien's homeland, who he now rarely returns to. ]
And then there's--
[ Himeka pauses, both with her steps and her speech.
How does one even begin to define the...strange series of events that surround the relationship she has with Emet-Selch?
She waves her hands in the air as she tries to explain. ]
--Emet-Selch. He...well, he was an enemy before we met, but then we met and he decided to become a friend and helped us out a bit when he could have been trying to kill us. He even saved the life of someone very important to me. But then things took a turn and he became our enemy again and he and I had a fight to the death, but I won and he seems okay with it now, so I believe we're friends again? Frien-emies?
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But the real boon is seeing the way that Amos talks about his friends. He tends to put things simply, breaking them down into small, digestible pieces which make him easy to follow for the most part, even when he's talking about things she doesn't understand. But there's a new light in his eyes and a lift in his voice as he shares little bits about Naomi, Cap, and Alex. She finds herself smiling along with him, already drawing up images in her mind with what little she has to go off of, what it must have been like inside the Roci with a crew of mere four, travelling the sunless seas.
These are the people that he had to leave behind. Everyone here is missing someone. ]
Is it just you four, then? Two to maintain the Roci, one to steer it, and one to command the team? I wouldn't know what is needed but the sea-faring vessels I've been on usually require much more!
[ It's clear that he enjoys what he does. Would that he be able to do that here as well...
To Amos' question, she gives an affirmative hum. In some ways it makes her lucky--no, she is lucky that she has someone to rely on. Someones? ]
A good friend and now colleague of mine arrived before I did--Estinien. He's a dragoon with at least a decade more combat experience than me. I met him in that wintery place I told you about.
[ Ishgard. Estinien's homeland, who he now rarely returns to. ]
And then there's--
[ Himeka pauses, both with her steps and her speech.
How does one even begin to define the...strange series of events that surround the relationship she has with Emet-Selch?
She waves her hands in the air as she tries to explain. ]
--Emet-Selch. He...well, he was an enemy before we met, but then we met and he decided to become a friend and helped us out a bit when he could have been trying to kill us. He even saved the life of someone very important to me. But then things took a turn and he became our enemy again and he and I had a fight to the death, but I won and he seems okay with it now, so I believe we're friends again? Frien-emies?
[ You know how it goes. ]