How lonely it must have been for him in that tower. She'd thought it before, not daring to touch upon something that seemed so terribly delicate. Not that Gale would have wanted to hear it. The man was certainly capable of handling his own. Physically. Emotionally. Mentally. She ought not to have treated him as though he was fragile.
All the same, she could understand the appeal. Being among people he felt comfortable with must have been a pleasant change of sceneryβin more ways than one. For just a breath or two, she wondered what he was inclined to do at the end of their little journey. Up until he continued, anyway.
With her hand gently resting at where she'd meant to encourage him along, she simply listened to his... Well. She would have called it a proposition of sorts. One that she had not been prepared to hear. He wanted to travel with her? With... just her? It... certainly sounded lovely. Company was always nice on the road, as she'd come to discover. To have answered him with haste might have given the wrong impression. That she didn't give him the consideration that he deserved.
"Really?" she asked him, as much as she tried to avoid that question in particular. "You'd want to do that with me?" Of course he would have. He wouldn't have said it if he hadn't meant it. His ideas were nice ones, too. She wouldn't have minded visiting restaurants or simply touring the continent. Although writing wasn't really her forte. She could probably leave that to him.
"Gale, that's... Well. I guess if you haven't tired of me yet..." She huffed out a breath and with it, a quiet little laugh. "SelΓ»ne preserve me," Nepione replied with a hushed murmur. "I wasn't prepared to hear any of that. Forgive me. I'm not usually so tongue-tied."
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All the same, she could understand the appeal. Being among people he felt comfortable with must have been a pleasant change of sceneryβin more ways than one. For just a breath or two, she wondered what he was inclined to do at the end of their little journey. Up until he continued, anyway.
With her hand gently resting at where she'd meant to encourage him along, she simply listened to his... Well. She would have called it a proposition of sorts. One that she had not been prepared to hear. He wanted to travel with her? With... just her? It... certainly sounded lovely. Company was always nice on the road, as she'd come to discover. To have answered him with haste might have given the wrong impression. That she didn't give him the consideration that he deserved.
"Really?" she asked him, as much as she tried to avoid that question in particular. "You'd want to do that with me?" Of course he would have. He wouldn't have said it if he hadn't meant it. His ideas were nice ones, too. She wouldn't have minded visiting restaurants or simply touring the continent. Although writing wasn't really her forte. She could probably leave that to him.
"Gale, that's... Well. I guess if you haven't tired of me yet..." She huffed out a breath and with it, a quiet little laugh. "SelΓ»ne preserve me," Nepione replied with a hushed murmur. "I wasn't prepared to hear any of that. Forgive me. I'm not usually so tongue-tied."