PCs with Gerome

[swordhandled]

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[maskarang]

I am no child, Owain! A few nights without rest won't harm me.

[swordhandled]

You can't live like that, Gerome.

[maskarang]

... I rest when I can.

[swordhandled]

You should get some rest every night, Gerome.

[maskarang]

I try. [ looking at the wall as he pauses. ] Occasionally, there are nights where my mind... wanders.

[swordhandled]

[ a pause of his own ] To thoughts you'd rather not have?

[maskarang]

Regrettably, yes.

[swordhandled]

I know that feeling well.

[maskarang]

I suppose we all do.

[swordhandled]

Do... [ a pause before he continues ]

Do you think about the past?

[maskarang]

... I cannot forget it. [ so, yes. ]

[swordhandled]

It left quite an impact on us...

[maskarang]

And yet we haven't spoken of it since we used the Outrealm Gate.

[swordhandled]

We haven't had the opportunity. We were separated and then there were other concerns to worry about.

[maskarang]

I suppose. Being displaced and separated did take its toll on all of us.

[swordhandled]

And it doesn't do us good to talk about the past when we had a war to fight.

[maskarang]

And we have even less reason to discuss it now that the war has ended. Simple, practical reasons, but none of them mean our wounds have healed. All we've done is left them to fester.

[swordhandled]

--I know you may never take me up on this, but I'm always willing to listen to whatever you have to say, Gerome.

If you ever have anything you want to get off your chest.

[maskarang]

That may not be wise. By now, you know as well as I do that I have a cruel streak. Make that offer and you may end up regretting it.

[swordhandled]

I'd regret not making the offer more.

[maskarang]

The "Scion of Legend" can't let anyone down, no matter the personal cost. Is that it?

[swordhandled]

Owain couldn't let down his companions when they need him, more like that.

[maskarang]

[ ... ] You know what comes next.

[swordhandled]

--We proceed to finally bond.

[maskarang]

No. I repeat myself: Minerva is the only companion I need.