I followed your scent,he said frankly,
I wanted to talk about how I bombed the Northfall tournament, but then everything became -
His head rotated slowly, owlishly as he surveyed their surroundings, pastoral and serene with birdsong chattering musically against the backdrop of their conversation. Distantly he half-expected some eldritch horror to pop up out of the earth and reveal this to be a cruel joke, but so far everything... seemed... fine.
Weird.
Oh, fuck. Why did he say that? Why did he pick that word? She just said this was her home, the sentimental land of her birth and upbringing, the one place to treat with respect you absolute clod -
I didn't mean that.
Alder looked absolutely panicked.
I meant weird like, fascinating. Very nice. Beautiful, even,he sputtered, struggling to take back control of Solvi's perception of him.
I really like it!
With the exchange successfully recovered (in his mind), he cleared his throat.
Would you like to show me around?
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- Alder is not actually Inuyasha, despite the evidence