[The conversation is hard to keep his mind on, but Essek finds himself nearly desperate to - needing to ignore the redoubling despair that's building in his chest. His own grows deeper as he the forgotten corner of his mind rattles and groans as if begging him to return to it, the phantom despair of is soulmate building deeper -- it gnaws at him, makes his heart ache with a longing grief he's not allowed himself to feel for a number of years.
He pinches his hand under his robes to keep himself focused, answering the many questions these people have within the scope of what outsiders can know, as he leads them towards the dungeons. It is not often that someone gets to leave once brought there. The half-orc and Tiefling are the most talkative, but the human who held the beacon aloft is eerily quiet.
Of course the red haired human has his attention, this was the man who singlehandedly risked all his ambition with one move. The one who seemingly triggered the resurfacing of the trauma of losing his soulmate by threatening the only other thing Essek had left.
The secrets of Dunamancy and the beacons would be his. Without them, how could he save his flame?
Another question is thrown his way that he answers with ease. Yet it was this one that caught the attention of the human man for the first time. Curious. More curious was how the man's voice almost-- no.]
Dunamancy. [He gives the man his ever polite smile, the word coming out pointed.] You saw it when.. ah, "peeking" into the beacon, did you not? Saw the infinite potential before you.
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Date: 2023-03-06 02:40 am (UTC)He pinches his hand under his robes to keep himself focused, answering the many questions these people have within the scope of what outsiders can know, as he leads them towards the dungeons. It is not often that someone gets to leave once brought there. The half-orc and Tiefling are the most talkative, but the human who held the beacon aloft is eerily quiet.
Of course the red haired human has his attention, this was the man who singlehandedly risked all his ambition with one move. The one who seemingly triggered the resurfacing of the trauma of losing his soulmate by threatening the only other thing Essek had left.
The secrets of Dunamancy and the beacons would be his. Without them, how could he save his flame?
Another question is thrown his way that he answers with ease. Yet it was this one that caught the attention of the human man for the first time. Curious. More curious was how the man's voice almost-- no.]
Dunamancy. [He gives the man his ever polite smile, the word coming out pointed.] You saw it when.. ah, "peeking" into the beacon, did you not? Saw the infinite potential before you.