[ geralt nods, agreeing to the drink, and the two of them head out of the hall. their steps are easily matched, comfortable with falling in step next to each other. it's a small thing, really - after their now two years of knowing each other, of their time working alongside each other and weaving themselves through each other's lives, it is a sort of baseline thing. but it's also something that sam notices, that sam finds comfort in. it's no surprise, but still, walking through this heat, through these streets they've come to know so well.
they pass a couple of doors of taverns, sam letting geralt decide and pretty content to follow in behind him. and when they do, settling on a quieter place with a corner table away from prying eyes, sam makes himself comfortable.
it's no surprise when geralt picks up on sam being more subdued. it's not exactly a dark mood, not distracted or heavy like geralt might have seen before, but there is something on his mind. something he hasn't quite figured out where he stands yet. ]
I haven't been keeping track. [ sam says with a soft snort. ] But if you're asking, it must be pretty obvious. [ one of the barmaids comes by their table then, and sam gives her a smile - polite, friendly, his normal look - as they order and she turns back away again. ]
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they pass a couple of doors of taverns, sam letting geralt decide and pretty content to follow in behind him. and when they do, settling on a quieter place with a corner table away from prying eyes, sam makes himself comfortable.
it's no surprise when geralt picks up on sam being more subdued. it's not exactly a dark mood, not distracted or heavy like geralt might have seen before, but there is something on his mind. something he hasn't quite figured out where he stands yet. ]
I haven't been keeping track. [ sam says with a soft snort. ] But if you're asking, it must be pretty obvious. [ one of the barmaids comes by their table then, and sam gives her a smile - polite, friendly, his normal look - as they order and she turns back away again. ]
How are things on your end? After everything.