( ooc: i am pretty set on the free cities, but i'm still absolutely up for a thorne prompt too to keep exploring things! i'm also on board for doing some hand-waving to make it so this all happened in the horizon somehow to keep it when the time comes, if that also works? )
[ Short sleeves it is. Claude nods and goes back to reading, or rather finally starts to at all, and leaves her to her own devices for what she needs to get done. It turns out the book is pretty dense; while he enjoys a good walk through history, the utter lack of context thanks to knowing nothing about Abraxas is making him reread paragraph after paragraph and still not understand them any better than the first time around.
Or maybe it's also distracting that he can tell he's being watched without needing to look to confirm it. A familiar sensation he's dealt with most of his life and one that doesn't bother him, so he doesn't look up from still trying to wrap his mind around this page on the founding of the Free Cities and what they stand for. When she speaks, he does look up without raising his head at first until he sits up properly a moment later. ]
[ Maybe this is where they're supposed to do the handshake thing he saw some other Summoned do - something that isn't popular where he's from, where a polite bow still wins out as a hello and goodbye. Plus, they're sitting apart, so better to not get up and invade her personal space for something he has no idea is a thing from her home. That can all be figured out later. Or... ]
I've only been around for a few days myself and I don't know about you, but this place isn't anything like home for me. [ Paired with a half smile since he has a feeling that's the understatement of the century for most of them. ] What's it like where you're from?
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[ Short sleeves it is. Claude nods and goes back to reading, or rather finally starts to at all, and leaves her to her own devices for what she needs to get done. It turns out the book is pretty dense; while he enjoys a good walk through history, the utter lack of context thanks to knowing nothing about Abraxas is making him reread paragraph after paragraph and still not understand them any better than the first time around.
Or maybe it's also distracting that he can tell he's being watched without needing to look to confirm it. A familiar sensation he's dealt with most of his life and one that doesn't bother him, so he doesn't look up from still trying to wrap his mind around this page on the founding of the Free Cities and what they stand for. When she speaks, he does look up without raising his head at first until he sits up properly a moment later. ]
Nice to meet you, Kainé. My name's Claude.
[ Maybe this is where they're supposed to do the handshake thing he saw some other Summoned do - something that isn't popular where he's from, where a polite bow still wins out as a hello and goodbye. Plus, they're sitting apart, so better to not get up and invade her personal space for something he has no idea is a thing from her home. That can all be figured out later. Or... ]
I've only been around for a few days myself and I don't know about you, but this place isn't anything like home for me. [ Paired with a half smile since he has a feeling that's the understatement of the century for most of them. ] What's it like where you're from?