sageguidance | bradley catch-all

[ Alphinaud just stares back ]

Ah— a- ahem, I see that is a no then... No need to fret! Do carry on.

[Pats his head.]

Sorry to break it to ya, but I'm taken.

... Yes, of course! Silly me. I would never be so bold as to get 'twixt a man and his significant other.

Never came up back then, huh?

[ In that tiny window where they were on the same side. ]

No, actually. I confess I had thought you a man always on the move, with little time to ever settle down.

[He chuckles at that.]

We shared the same kinda life.

Were they a bandit alongside you?

That's right, for centuries.

Hah... That sounds like the sort of thing you would read in a story.

That the kinda story you're into?

I would not say into, precisely... But I do read many stories in my spare time, when I have it.

What's your favorite?

Oh, as if I could possibly narrow it down! I have read much in my time.

Nerd.

[Affectionately.]

—What? Come now! There is much value to be found in books.

There is. You're also a nerd.

[fond.]