02-11-2018, 10:43 PM
An annoying feeling bubbled up.
He was desperate. Stuck. What was worse, the more he struggled, the quicker the sand swallowed him.
Asha pressed against him, and he looked over at her silently wishing she would make Soren agree with a touch of her hand on his. It wouldn't happen, though, and he felt suddenly guilty for wanting to use her like that, like he was a taint soiling her purity.
He focused on Soren. The tall, blonde north man that was everything Elias hated in others. His reluctance to sail to his death wasn't exactly cementing a bond of friendship between them either.
"I'll pay you. I need your talent. You need my knowledge."
He pat the pocket wherein laid his uncle's wallet. Despite showing him the energy source, tracking it required the wallet. The beast moved around and searching a quadrant of an entire ocean was impossible without a map leading the way. Elias also referred to something else, but there was no showing Soren his powers in the middle of a museum.
"I have a benefactor, but he is not interested in the venture. He will pay a handsome fee. I can't promise you what my uncle sought. It's his name I am righting. What the guardian keeps I claim, but there may be other discoveries. You're a business man? Name the price for your consultation and it will be paid."
His voice was flat as a puddle, the emotion on the tongue just as shallow. If Soren declined, there was only one thing left to do.
Go alone. Wouldn't be the first time.
He was desperate. Stuck. What was worse, the more he struggled, the quicker the sand swallowed him.
Asha pressed against him, and he looked over at her silently wishing she would make Soren agree with a touch of her hand on his. It wouldn't happen, though, and he felt suddenly guilty for wanting to use her like that, like he was a taint soiling her purity.
He focused on Soren. The tall, blonde north man that was everything Elias hated in others. His reluctance to sail to his death wasn't exactly cementing a bond of friendship between them either.
"I'll pay you. I need your talent. You need my knowledge."
He pat the pocket wherein laid his uncle's wallet. Despite showing him the energy source, tracking it required the wallet. The beast moved around and searching a quadrant of an entire ocean was impossible without a map leading the way. Elias also referred to something else, but there was no showing Soren his powers in the middle of a museum.
"I have a benefactor, but he is not interested in the venture. He will pay a handsome fee. I can't promise you what my uncle sought. It's his name I am righting. What the guardian keeps I claim, but there may be other discoveries. You're a business man? Name the price for your consultation and it will be paid."
His voice was flat as a puddle, the emotion on the tongue just as shallow. If Soren declined, there was only one thing left to do.
Go alone. Wouldn't be the first time.