He is, if nothing else, already grateful to her for relieving him of some fraction of his humiliation. He holds the door for her to step inside and then resumes the lead to the apples... the apples that are now completely gone. Who could possibly need that many apples?
He does look back, as if he can feel her eyes on him. ] I... erm. I swear they were here just an hour ago.
[ But an isle that's empty of produce is also empty of people, mostly, and he'd very much like to stay here. ] Adrian. [ He turns properly, placing a hand to his chest and offering a shallow bow by way of proper greeting. ] Adrian Silverleaf. A pleasure to meet you, Miss Forzane.
[ He's already shaking his head, about to inform her that he's no such thing, but he seems to think of it a moment before offering a wry, tired smile. ] If I was, my specialty would be showing you where things used to be, so that you could gaze in wonder at all sorts of nothing. [ He sighs. ] I'm new to this place myself.
I fear I'm not exactly cut out for my current line of work, and I have some catching up to do before I can be of any use to the mechanical creatures that serve as healers here. Have you found something, yourself? If you're looking, there ought to be an empty cabbage costume waiting here come tomorrow...
[ He's mostly joking. It's just nice to speak to someone who isn't asking him about the price of produce (he still doesn't know what anything in here costs unless he's looking directly at the price tag). ]
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He is, if nothing else, already grateful to her for relieving him of some fraction of his humiliation. He holds the door for her to step inside and then resumes the lead to the apples... the apples that are now completely gone. Who could possibly need that many apples?
He does look back, as if he can feel her eyes on him. ] I... erm. I swear they were here just an hour ago.
[ But an isle that's empty of produce is also empty of people, mostly, and he'd very much like to stay here. ] Adrian. [ He turns properly, placing a hand to his chest and offering a shallow bow by way of proper greeting. ] Adrian Silverleaf. A pleasure to meet you, Miss Forzane.
[ He's already shaking his head, about to inform her that he's no such thing, but he seems to think of it a moment before offering a wry, tired smile. ] If I was, my specialty would be showing you where things used to be, so that you could gaze in wonder at all sorts of nothing. [ He sighs. ] I'm new to this place myself.
I fear I'm not exactly cut out for my current line of work, and I have some catching up to do before I can be of any use to the mechanical creatures that serve as healers here. Have you found something, yourself? If you're looking, there ought to be an empty cabbage costume waiting here come tomorrow...
[ He's mostly joking. It's just nice to speak to someone who isn't asking him about the price of produce (he still doesn't know what anything in here costs unless he's looking directly at the price tag). ]