"That we will," she murmured softly, though wondered if it was only more enjoyable to catch him unawares than it was for her to be in the self-same situation.
Nepione watched as he offered his hand and as they touched, hand to hand, she committed it to memory. The first time had been an idle fancy. Fleeting time where she had not thought so much on it. This one would have to be something considerably more of import. A memory made as much as it was a contract of sorts. Or perhaps it was merely her own sentimentality that bid her to do such a thing.
"A sacred compact."
His words lingered and stained in a beautiful way as she acquainted herself more properly with what she could glean from the simple act of his hand, something she suspected she'd never given much thought to. Perhaps because it was a rarity that another sought to touch her, aside from the tiefling heart that was all too soft.
Something in his words made her smile and she found herself squeezing his hand with both mirth and reassurance. "Have faith. There are a great many things to look forward to. Not only our adventures. The taste of freedom. A destiny that you will be able to guide and direct as you have want to. I will do all I can to see you prosper."
Not just him, either. All of them. She suspected there was so very little she wouldn't have done to achieve something that seemed so tremendously ambitious.
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Nepione watched as he offered his hand and as they touched, hand to hand, she committed it to memory. The first time had been an idle fancy. Fleeting time where she had not thought so much on it. This one would have to be something considerably more of import. A memory made as much as it was a contract of sorts. Or perhaps it was merely her own sentimentality that bid her to do such a thing.
"A sacred compact."
His words lingered and stained in a beautiful way as she acquainted herself more properly with what she could glean from the simple act of his hand, something she suspected she'd never given much thought to. Perhaps because it was a rarity that another sought to touch her, aside from the tiefling heart that was all too soft.
Something in his words made her smile and she found herself squeezing his hand with both mirth and reassurance. "Have faith. There are a great many things to look forward to. Not only our adventures. The taste of freedom. A destiny that you will be able to guide and direct as you have want to. I will do all I can to see you prosper."
Not just him, either. All of them. She suspected there was so very little she wouldn't have done to achieve something that seemed so tremendously ambitious.