Home The silence is such that the sound of the tea being poured could startle someone. Orion pays attention to the motions, setting spoons, moving the sugar closer to Nehanna so she can place it in her cup. He refuses to break the silence, because that would mean trying to hold a conversation with her, and he's currently restraining himself from not strangling her by playing mother instead. A comedy unto itself. After they both have their tea, the niceties of doctoring it to taste have been done, and first sips have been taken, the wait begins. It isn't long.
"I read the most recent report that your adjutant sent in from Bronze Lake. It sounds as though your recent finds have become fewer and far between - more mundane, as it were. This is why the study of Allagan relics will always be more fascinating to me - Never a dull moment when technology is involved, I say. Ah, it was so much better when Galuf was alive, he had you on the right path. And he kept an eye on you. A firm hand, you've always needed that. That Krile girl won't even answer my letters. Honestly, I've heard she's a rather fresh and unpleasant woman, nothing like her Uncle. At least that Ojika at the annex is polite."
She actually takes a moment for a breath and a sip of tea before she continues. "Why couldn't you have followed in my line of study? For that matter, why be out in the field at all? There are students to teach, such eager minds, and all the reference material you could want, Orion. Indeed, with your field experience, you could just send others out to search for the info and relics for you, couldn't you. We've plenty of resources and personnel these days. And it's so much safer here at home, you must admit. Certainly, the war is over, but that whole mess with the Empire and your friends and the Isle of Val? What a mess... and you won't even say what happened to your hair. You really ought to dye it, you know. More than those little streaks you like. Go back to that nice teal like your grandmother's hair." Another pause, another polite sip. Right after tea, he's going back to the harbor and finding a boat sailing back to Vylbrand.
Vierapril Day 4: Home
Subtitle: On restraining one’s self from matricide…
#ffxivwrites #ffxivfic #vierapril #viera #drabble #starseeker
