10-27-2020, 11:57 PM
Nikolai gave Allan credit for the questions. There were a variety of options to arrange the visits
“I’m sure you can work some arrangements when you’re interested in a boring story. Take as many notes as you want,” he said.
What was the fascination with the book? Was Nikolai so far-removed from the discovery that the concept was mundane to him now? Even the fear of the Dreyken’s red smile was faded to the distance of time. He was once enthralled by the notion of monsters and men, that life was more than just what was.
Allan’s genuine enchantment was beguiling, and watching the young discover the unknown for the first time was an unexpected thrill. A stirring coaxed within, like the disturbance of ashes long formed to death’s shape.
Perhaps the hunt with Nox was exactly the sort of distraction Nikolai needed right now.
“I’m sure you can work some arrangements when you’re interested in a boring story. Take as many notes as you want,” he said.
What was the fascination with the book? Was Nikolai so far-removed from the discovery that the concept was mundane to him now? Even the fear of the Dreyken’s red smile was faded to the distance of time. He was once enthralled by the notion of monsters and men, that life was more than just what was.
Allan’s genuine enchantment was beguiling, and watching the young discover the unknown for the first time was an unexpected thrill. A stirring coaxed within, like the disturbance of ashes long formed to death’s shape.
Perhaps the hunt with Nox was exactly the sort of distraction Nikolai needed right now.