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Aeriah ate in silence, nodding only once to acknowledge, and indeed, appreciate the boar, savouring its taste and tender flesh. Finishing his meal, he left the other’s to theirs, Kyr obviously enjoying it – by her lack of chatter and the way she vehemently attacked it with her tiny fork and knife, gobbling it down as though she’d not eaten in a tenday or more.
Unbeknown to Aeriah, he seemed oblivious to those around him, lost deep in thought, and absently made his way to the same stream where Jena was. Blinking, he snapped back to reality as he saw her, flushed slightly and murmured, “Oh. Excuse me, my lady. I had not known you were there…” Turning to leave, Aeriah had inadvertently stuck up behind the girl, his silent footsteps being heard by no one. Just before he left, he added “Your words ring true, my lady, and yet, I cannot help but wonder… there is something within me, something deep, something dark, and I cannot place it, nor does it offer me comfort. We all have secrets, Lady Jena; I just do not know mine. And yet, the ghosts of the past still seem to haunt me…” Abruptly, he stopped, “I apologise, I did not mean to disturb you. Forgive me; I do not mean to place my burdens upon you. I shall speak of this no further.”
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OOC: will let a bit more interaction happen and then I’ll move this story along to the next part.
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