He's trying to maintain a more or less neutral expression as he listens, but he can't; the more Bruce speaks, the more unbridled admiration warms his features.
There's a lot he wants to dig into here, but they have time for that. Maybe, at some point, Bruce will be able to accept it when Zerxus tells him that's an astounding amount of wisdom and compassion for anyone to have, never mind an orphaned teenager.
For now, softly, "You'd make a hell of a paladin."
Then his gaze turns distant; he wants to answer properly, too, but it takes a moment. It feels like another life, at this point.
"Fourteen years ago, I was still living in Cathmoira." He's mentioned the city he grew up in, before, but only offhand. "Avalir's sister city, on the ground. Every seven years Avalir lands for a month, we call it the Replenishment. That's when I met Evandrin - he wasn't First Knight yet, but he was part of the Spellguard. ...Wizard knights, basically."
His lips quirk into a rueful, tender little smile. "I knew someone was coming to speak with me. I was so ready to be stubborn and unimpressed. Then - I open my door, and I see the most beautiful man in the world, with a baby on his hip."
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Date: 2023-08-19 04:20 am (UTC)There's a lot he wants to dig into here, but they have time for that. Maybe, at some point, Bruce will be able to accept it when Zerxus tells him that's an astounding amount of wisdom and compassion for anyone to have, never mind an orphaned teenager.
For now, softly, "You'd make a hell of a paladin."
Then his gaze turns distant; he wants to answer properly, too, but it takes a moment. It feels like another life, at this point.
"Fourteen years ago, I was still living in Cathmoira." He's mentioned the city he grew up in, before, but only offhand. "Avalir's sister city, on the ground. Every seven years Avalir lands for a month, we call it the Replenishment. That's when I met Evandrin - he wasn't First Knight yet, but he was part of the Spellguard. ...Wizard knights, basically."
His lips quirk into a rueful, tender little smile. "I knew someone was coming to speak with me. I was so ready to be stubborn and unimpressed. Then - I open my door, and I see the most beautiful man in the world, with a baby on his hip."