Sinric the Wanderer (
thewidewideworld) wrote2015-06-16 09:32 pm
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{From here}
Sinric walks calmly till he is away from the bar and then runs. Something about Eric terrified him. Or thrilled him. Neither of which was good.
He ran till he came to a familiar door, Athelstan's. Having no place of his own and feeling that he owed Athelstan for interceding with Eric, he let himself in, meaning to wait for Athelstan's return to thank him.
He finds himself drawn to the window, sitting on the sill with his feet drawn up under him. He rests his head on his knee as he looks out over the lake, singing the elven song he learn this morning. The sound of it is soothing and he eases himself into a half doze.
Sinric walks calmly till he is away from the bar and then runs. Something about Eric terrified him. Or thrilled him. Neither of which was good.
He ran till he came to a familiar door, Athelstan's. Having no place of his own and feeling that he owed Athelstan for interceding with Eric, he let himself in, meaning to wait for Athelstan's return to thank him.
He finds himself drawn to the window, sitting on the sill with his feet drawn up under him. He rests his head on his knee as he looks out over the lake, singing the elven song he learn this morning. The sound of it is soothing and he eases himself into a half doze.
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"Oriens," he says, quietly.
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"Earl Ragnar. Athelstan is in the bar, speaking with-" he hesitants a moment, "a man named Eric. He said he would come here presently." Its clear in Sinric's demeanor that Eric worried him.
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He walks towards Sinric.
"You don't have to bow to me. Did he scare you?"
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"He is a blood-drinker," he says. "We are food to him. Of course that is scary to any sensible person, as a wolf or bear would be."
Pause.
"Even more so, maybe, because he speaks."
He holds out a half-hesitant arm, offering Sinric an embrace without forcing it.
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"The way he speaks makes it more so. Something like a serpent."
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He reaches out to touch Sinric's shoulder.
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"I know," he says. "It's Athelstan's free choice to do it, but I don't have to like it."
Pause.
"Athelstan is very brave and clever, and open-minded towards things others might find strange."
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He keeps holding Sinric, gently stroking his long blond hair.
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And at that moment, Athelstan himself walks in, looking a little paler but otherwise fine.
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Athelstan reaches out for him, even as he moves into Ragnar's arms.
"Are you all right, Oriens?"
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In fact, he wraps himself around them both, pulling Sinric into the middle so they're both holding him, and Ragnar is holding them both.
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"Oh, Oriens... Eric and I have had an arrangement for a long time", Athelstan says quietly. "Nothing that happened today was your fault."
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"I hear it gives intense pleasure," he volunteers. "But he shouldn't make or persuade you."
Either of them, really.
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"It does", Athelstan agrees, stroking the back of Sinric's head. "But I didn't think you were ready for that yet."
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This might become awkward, for other reasons.
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