[ The shoulder had been to pivot away form her, and uninvited, she takes his arm anyway. Perhaps this is recompense for when his hand had brushed away a hair at her cheek.
A moment passed where he breathes in and out his nose, slowly. ]
The larkspur-seeds... [ He lifts a hand slightly towards the stalls, gesturing to them. ] At your leisure. [ —Because even though Somnus has pledged to help, this is wholly out of his area of expertise.
Indeed, he knows he isn’t fun, as she says; he also knows that she ought to be on the arm or someone who complements the light she brings, not dampens it like himself. The warmth from her, gracious and gentle, burns. It should not be his.
They arrive at the market. While there are no carriages traversing the stalls, there are far more people bustling around them. It is crowded, loud, with bartering and waving and shouting and laughter as vendors advertise their stocks and customers haggle with them. Somnus usually finds himself leading, however with this topic, she’ll have to navigate to wherever they might need to go. ]
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A moment passed where he breathes in and out his nose, slowly. ]
The larkspur-seeds... [ He lifts a hand slightly towards the stalls, gesturing to them. ] At your leisure. [ —Because even though Somnus has pledged to help, this is wholly out of his area of expertise.
Indeed, he knows he isn’t fun, as she says; he also knows that she ought to be on the arm or someone who complements the light she brings, not dampens it like himself. The warmth from her, gracious and gentle, burns. It should not be his.
They arrive at the market. While there are no carriages traversing the stalls, there are far more people bustling around them. It is crowded, loud, with bartering and waving and shouting and laughter as vendors advertise their stocks and customers haggle with them. Somnus usually finds himself leading, however with this topic, she’ll have to navigate to wherever they might need to go. ]