She catches the drink with a free hand, the movement quick without moving her eyes from Chel. The knowledge that an elf taught this individual how to play the lute -- and, vaguely, Aeryn pieces together that this person must be a bard, like Naim, except he is most assuredly not Naim, and therefore not worth her time -- is meaningless to her, though it does make sense, in a place like Silverymoon.
Nothing like Myth Drannor.
"I have companions, yes." Where they were now infuriates her. She knew she should have gone on that stupid mission. This was all Zed's fault. "None of them are lute-playing elves."
"I used to have companions," Chel tells her, reclaiming his seat at the table and pulling another sip from his glass. "But they all got eaten by spiders. Giant ones. Incredibly tragic. I wrote a song."
. . . hard to read, really, but something tells Aeryn this person is full of shit.
"You need less desirable companions. Mine would be spit out immediately." . . . likely not true, but Aeryn would set the nest on fire before a group of spiders ate her friends, and that was what mattered. "Why are you still here speaking to me?"
He bristles a little defensively at the question, before shrugging one shoulder and taking another sip of his drink. "You're the only other person in here sitting alone," he justifies finally.
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Date: 2018-04-18 07:11 pm (UTC)Nothing like Myth Drannor.
"I have companions, yes." Where they were now infuriates her. She knew she should have gone on that stupid mission. This was all Zed's fault. "None of them are lute-playing elves."
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Date: 2018-04-21 11:49 pm (UTC)she rolled 11 on insight.
Date: 2018-04-22 01:17 pm (UTC)"You need less desirable companions. Mine would be spit out immediately." . . . likely not true, but Aeryn would set the nest on fire before a group of spiders ate her friends, and that was what mattered. "Why are you still here speaking to me?"
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Date: 2018-04-28 03:39 am (UTC)He bristles a little defensively at the question, before shrugging one shoulder and taking another sip of his drink. "You're the only other person in here sitting alone," he justifies finally.