04-10-2015, 11:01 AM
Regus was....impressive. Ten or fifteen years older than her, but not weak for all of that. He projected a sense of steel. Maybe it was the eyes, the metalliic ice blue that seemed to burn wherever it settled.
She found herself smiling. She didn't think much of men in general. Far too many were weak and driven by their base emotions and hungers. So easy for her to manipulate. But this man...she found herself feeling a genuine sense of respect.
She was still herself, of course. But that just meant that she was honest. No sense in hiding or pretense. At his nod, she followed him into his inner office and sat down in the chair facing his desk. She hadn't been asked, but it was there and she did it without thought. She was not a beggar.
He sat there, steely gaze penetrating her and she felt a thrill. And then he questioned her presence. What she had planned to say fled. The bravado and flippance she normally spoke with disappeared. She could be honest with him, without artifice.
Emotion tinged her voice. "I read what you did. What you said at the Convocation. You are right. Absolutely. The minute I did that I dropped everything to come here."
She paused, collecting herself. " I want to join the new Order. I want to hunt the gods."
She found herself smiling. She didn't think much of men in general. Far too many were weak and driven by their base emotions and hungers. So easy for her to manipulate. But this man...she found herself feeling a genuine sense of respect.
She was still herself, of course. But that just meant that she was honest. No sense in hiding or pretense. At his nod, she followed him into his inner office and sat down in the chair facing his desk. She hadn't been asked, but it was there and she did it without thought. She was not a beggar.
He sat there, steely gaze penetrating her and she felt a thrill. And then he questioned her presence. What she had planned to say fled. The bravado and flippance she normally spoke with disappeared. She could be honest with him, without artifice.
Emotion tinged her voice. "I read what you did. What you said at the Convocation. You are right. Absolutely. The minute I did that I dropped everything to come here."
She paused, collecting herself. " I want to join the new Order. I want to hunt the gods."