20.Feb.12, 06:40 AM
Tal chose to ignore the comments against Lym. He didn't approve of them, but voicing his opposition would neither change Eri's mind or prevent it from happening again. Like so much else, he simply allowed it to roll off him. Erisi succeeded in his goal, however. Tal assumed Eri was just being Eri, and that was satisfactory to him.
Truthfully, he wasn't paying much attention to Erisi's mood. While he'd previously assumed Erisi wasn't concerned over anyone else's problems, the healer no longer had doubts after their last meeting in the storage room. Erisi obviously cared, Tal saw no reason to doubt it.
"If I don't struggle? I still sink...just slower," he grumbled, his voice becoming uncharacteristically dark. "If I'm lucky, I'll just get stuck and stay bogged down forever without actually drowning," he said scornfully.
Anger suddenly clouded his face. He listened to Erisi's next suggestion with barely-restrained bitterness. Getting away for a while? That was just as temporary as taking medicine. It didn't solve anything either. He sighed and kicked a second rock. This one didn't produce the same satisfying results.
At that moment, his discerning eye caught sight of something. He spied a small bush with wilting green shoots. He walked over and knelt beside the plant, plucking off a piece and raising it to his nose. The plant wasn't in great shape and it's distinctive yellow flowers were all dead, but it was definitely what he was after.
"Something I like, huh?" he asked weakly, his voice nearly lost in a weary sigh. Well, I like you...
Truthfully, he wasn't paying much attention to Erisi's mood. While he'd previously assumed Erisi wasn't concerned over anyone else's problems, the healer no longer had doubts after their last meeting in the storage room. Erisi obviously cared, Tal saw no reason to doubt it.
"If I don't struggle? I still sink...just slower," he grumbled, his voice becoming uncharacteristically dark. "If I'm lucky, I'll just get stuck and stay bogged down forever without actually drowning," he said scornfully.
Anger suddenly clouded his face. He listened to Erisi's next suggestion with barely-restrained bitterness. Getting away for a while? That was just as temporary as taking medicine. It didn't solve anything either. He sighed and kicked a second rock. This one didn't produce the same satisfying results.
At that moment, his discerning eye caught sight of something. He spied a small bush with wilting green shoots. He walked over and knelt beside the plant, plucking off a piece and raising it to his nose. The plant wasn't in great shape and it's distinctive yellow flowers were all dead, but it was definitely what he was after.
"Something I like, huh?" he asked weakly, his voice nearly lost in a weary sigh. Well, I like you...