Yyyyeah that was kind of the reaction Nott was bracing for. It's good of him to calm himself down, though.
"Okay, um, well, stop me if I lose you." Deep breaths, girlfriend.
"So. His name's Yeza." There's an unmistakable softness to the way she says his name: whatever other emotions are at play here, she loves this person. "We grew up in Felderwin, small town, and -- well, the short version is, we were both a little weird. I was this strange girl everyone made fun of, but he never minded. And he's very very smart! An alchemist. Little bit nerdy.
"And we got close, and, you know, we got married. Opened up his apothecary. Had a baby. Luc, he's about -- four, now, I think?"
THE HITS KEEP COMING. She hurries on rather than linger too much on the second bombshell of also I have a kid.
"But this all happened a couple years ago, when he was still very small. We had a hard winter that year. Everyone in town was struggling, making it work. But there was this goblin clan that lived outside town, and with how bad it had gotten, they started to raid us. They hit the town again and again and -- one day, they took us. The three of us."
She pauses for a moment here, glancing up at Max, chewing on her lip. Still with her?
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Date: 2021-07-26 02:20 am (UTC)"Okay, um, well, stop me if I lose you." Deep breaths, girlfriend.
"So. His name's Yeza." There's an unmistakable softness to the way she says his name: whatever other emotions are at play here, she loves this person. "We grew up in Felderwin, small town, and -- well, the short version is, we were both a little weird. I was this strange girl everyone made fun of, but he never minded. And he's very very smart! An alchemist. Little bit nerdy.
"And we got close, and, you know, we got married. Opened up his apothecary. Had a baby. Luc, he's about -- four, now, I think?"
THE HITS KEEP COMING. She hurries on rather than linger too much on the second bombshell of also I have a kid.
"But this all happened a couple years ago, when he was still very small. We had a hard winter that year. Everyone in town was struggling, making it work. But there was this goblin clan that lived outside town, and with how bad it had gotten, they started to raid us. They hit the town again and again and -- one day, they took us. The three of us."
She pauses for a moment here, glancing up at Max, chewing on her lip. Still with her?