[There's no gratitude in the words, only something dark and brooding, as a gathering storm upon a distant horizon. Now he's all but certain he doesn't like the sound of this. That the Exarch is even willing to talk, and in private no less, is most unusual. After all, in the past Emet-Selch had rather taken to inviting himself along to the party - here, well. The fact that he was approached first is not lost on him.]
[The casual flippancy is entirely gone from Emet-Selch's countenance, but he does, indeed, follow after in that heavily trudging way of his. So too do the shadows continue to drag at the ground behind him, roiling and unsettled. He recognizes the request of a placemarker for what it is, and he offers it with narrowed eyes.]
What do I remember last?
As a matter of fact, I'd just been having a rather engaging little conversation with our mutual friend at the summit of The Ladder. About how surprised I was to see the Eulmorians partaking of manual labor. Truly, a sight I never expected to witness after so long under Vauthry's rule.
How industrious! ...tbf Emet has probably never cooked a day in his life.
[There's no gratitude in the words, only something dark and brooding, as a gathering storm upon a distant horizon. Now he's all but certain he doesn't like the sound of this. That the Exarch is even willing to talk, and in private no less, is most unusual. After all, in the past Emet-Selch had rather taken to inviting himself along to the party - here, well. The fact that he was approached first is not lost on him.]
[The casual flippancy is entirely gone from Emet-Selch's countenance, but he does, indeed, follow after in that heavily trudging way of his. So too do the shadows continue to drag at the ground behind him, roiling and unsettled. He recognizes the request of a placemarker for what it is, and he offers it with narrowed eyes.]
What do I remember last?
As a matter of fact, I'd just been having a rather engaging little conversation with our mutual friend at the summit of The Ladder. About how surprised I was to see the Eulmorians partaking of manual labor. Truly, a sight I never expected to witness after so long under Vauthry's rule.