[It's a little surprising when Reynir says that the hero of his story is less swashbuckling than most action heroes. Tilting his head, he looks over at Reynir as he continues telling the story, explaining that the hero didn't just challenge the king and his reasons why, to spare more lives, to save the children who would be sacrificed if the hero was killed. That he'd chosen instead to volunteer for the maze and pretend to be a regular person, that he'd been careful about it and planned in advance. Had chosen to smuggle in a ball of thread instead of a weapon, that he'd chosen to use his wits to trick the creature instead of fighting, that he'd needed to know how to get out of the maze afterward.
All of it sounds...surprisingly intelligent, well-planned and thought out to avoid the worst of the danger and limit the amount of fighting. It's not even remotely what he'd expected from a story like that. It's not what he'd have expected from a hero that Reynir would have a crush on - cerebral and cautious rather than adventurous and courageous. Blinking a little, he makes a soft hum and nods.]
Don't apologize. I like listening, and now I'm curious about how it went. Though I'm surprised that you had a crush on a hero like that.
[For a moment, he's quiet, wondering why he'd said something like that, or why he'd even been thinking it in the first place. It's probably the drinking, he decides. But he doesn't walk back the question, either.]
a beautiful sight
All of it sounds...surprisingly intelligent, well-planned and thought out to avoid the worst of the danger and limit the amount of fighting. It's not even remotely what he'd expected from a story like that. It's not what he'd have expected from a hero that Reynir would have a crush on - cerebral and cautious rather than adventurous and courageous. Blinking a little, he makes a soft hum and nods.]
Don't apologize. I like listening, and now I'm curious about how it went. Though I'm surprised that you had a crush on a hero like that.
[For a moment, he's quiet, wondering why he'd said something like that, or why he'd even been thinking it in the first place. It's probably the drinking, he decides. But he doesn't walk back the question, either.]