04-09-2020, 09:51 PM
He laughed a little, though it came out of his throat all scratchy. “Ah, no,” he agreed. “Not usually this quiet.”
Juliana swept in like a hurricane. Raffe winced at how abruptly she grabbed Nox, and half slipped down from his perch with some fool-brained notion to intercede -- by which point Nox was already heaped on the floor, and Juls attempting to scoop him up. He touched her shoulder gently, though for a moment longer his attention remained on Nox and the tightness in his voice. Pain. Natural and obvious and normal. Let it just be pain.
“Long story,” he said to her. Concern flickered his brow. He didn’t try to hide that. “We just came from the hospital.”
His gaze turned to the kid at the bar. “This is Juliana, Sterling. She can help you work out if you’re what Nox says you are. No harm in trying, right?” At least he supposed she could do that. Oriena welcomed channelers like they were collector’s items, but he knew little of how it was all supposed to work.
Juliana swept in like a hurricane. Raffe winced at how abruptly she grabbed Nox, and half slipped down from his perch with some fool-brained notion to intercede -- by which point Nox was already heaped on the floor, and Juls attempting to scoop him up. He touched her shoulder gently, though for a moment longer his attention remained on Nox and the tightness in his voice. Pain. Natural and obvious and normal. Let it just be pain.
“Long story,” he said to her. Concern flickered his brow. He didn’t try to hide that. “We just came from the hospital.”
His gaze turned to the kid at the bar. “This is Juliana, Sterling. She can help you work out if you’re what Nox says you are. No harm in trying, right?” At least he supposed she could do that. Oriena welcomed channelers like they were collector’s items, but he knew little of how it was all supposed to work.