I suppose so. Things flow by so fast when you stop to look around, my dear, as an elf I assure you the world itself tends to rot around you. I cannot quite disagree with your words, things that survive are... worthy of our interest.
[Oh, she found the little necklace. Good, he chose that one on purpose and from the gleam in her eyes the vampire could tell it got the cleric's attention. He was silent, looking down at his perfectly filed nails. Even if be broke them, even if he cut his hair or tried to change his appearance things would just go back to how he was in a matter of day or two- or that was the norm beside the tadpole. Who even knew if with his messed up body he'd still just... regenerate.
He pretended to pass his eyes over the silver trinket that was put in place for that reason and the vampire offered a shrug. Oh, no, he wanted her to keep it, a reminder of their little adventure together, something overly sentimental and naive.]
Probably not more than two gold at the market, not worth it if you like it. [A lie, it was enough to cover a full day worth of supplies for one person, but that wasn't something the maiden needed to know. It wasn't like he could eat anything people bought in normal markets, unless they had livestock.] If you like it, why not keeping it? Knowing how people work, maybe it was left behind by someone wanting to surprise someone else and... whoever you wanted to return it to is probably gone by now. Just a bit dead.
And I mean, I wouldn't mind spending more time with you, after all we-
[He squinted as his ears registered something crack under them, a distant sound of wood starting to fall apart? What? He barely had time to register that before the floor started to basically open under their feet, his instinct pushing him toward the woman instad of back toward safety before he could even process how stupid his body's choice was.]
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Date: 2023-12-11 09:25 am (UTC)[Oh, she found the little necklace. Good, he chose that one on purpose and from the gleam in her eyes the vampire could tell it got the cleric's attention. He was silent, looking down at his perfectly filed nails. Even if be broke them, even if he cut his hair or tried to change his appearance things would just go back to how he was in a matter of day or two- or that was the norm beside the tadpole. Who even knew if with his messed up body he'd still just... regenerate.
He pretended to pass his eyes over the silver trinket that was put in place for that reason and the vampire offered a shrug. Oh, no, he wanted her to keep it, a reminder of their little adventure together, something overly sentimental and naive.]
Probably not more than two gold at the market, not worth it if you like it. [A lie, it was enough to cover a full day worth of supplies for one person, but that wasn't something the maiden needed to know. It wasn't like he could eat anything people bought in normal markets, unless they had livestock.] If you like it, why not keeping it? Knowing how people work, maybe it was left behind by someone wanting to surprise someone else and... whoever you wanted to return it to is probably gone by now. Just a bit dead.
And I mean, I wouldn't mind spending more time with you, after all we-
[He squinted as his ears registered something crack under them, a distant sound of wood starting to fall apart? What? He barely had time to register that before the floor started to basically open under their feet, his instinct pushing him toward the woman instad of back toward safety before he could even process how stupid his body's choice was.]