[ As the monkeys leave, Trahearne's gaze drifts briefly to watch them go. They...they did it! And he helped! Relief colors his face and his smile widens, proud of himself to have worked past the gnawing cowardice in tandem with a stranger.
She speaks up just as he looks back at her, and he nods with enthusiasm. ]
We do make a good team. [ There are only a handful of people with whom he's had the same thought, but never on a first meeting like this. He wonders if they'll get the chance to do this again. When he's fully confident in his abilities and not dressed like a cat. ]
I am a soldier, of sorts. [ He does not hear the all caps. ] But my necromantic skills are mostly self-taught over many years of refinement.
[ He doesn't let his own explanation breathe for very long before moving on. Now that she's asked, he's taking that as permission to satisfy his own curiosity. ] ...Which means that is a high compliment coming from someone of such high calibre as yourself. I must know how you learned to fight like that.
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She speaks up just as he looks back at her, and he nods with enthusiasm. ]
We do make a good team. [ There are only a handful of people with whom he's had the same thought, but never on a first meeting like this. He wonders if they'll get the chance to do this again. When he's fully confident in his abilities and not dressed like a cat. ]
I am a soldier, of sorts. [ He does not hear the all caps. ] But my necromantic skills are mostly self-taught over many years of refinement.
[ He doesn't let his own explanation breathe for very long before moving on. Now that she's asked, he's taking that as permission to satisfy his own curiosity. ] ...Which means that is a high compliment coming from someone of such high calibre as yourself. I must know how you learned to fight like that.