"Oh? Well, now you're speaking my language. I'm a master alchemist. The symbols must be different, but I imagine we could enjoy ourselves comparing notes. Mind you, my interest in alchemy is more the production of explosives, potions, and other useful odds and ends than the spiritual journey, but I have completed several stages of that as well..."
Careful, Verso, he doesn't just wax rhapsodic about rocks.
"Ah, but perhaps now isn't the time to go into that. I'll put in a word for you at Ansur's Reach, but you have to promise to be kind to their furniture." He can take the chance of them skipping out without paying--he has plenty of money--but he'd rather not take the hit to his reputation that would occur if they wrecked the place.
Esquie, meanwhile, continues to leave him pleasantly flustered, but the comment about his friends makes him look, for just a second, extremely sad. He hesitates, putting a hand on his own chest, then chuckles weakly and smiles. "Well, that would explain the indigestion, I suppose."
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Date: 2025-07-31 12:25 am (UTC)Careful, Verso, he doesn't just wax rhapsodic about rocks.
"Ah, but perhaps now isn't the time to go into that. I'll put in a word for you at Ansur's Reach, but you have to promise to be kind to their furniture." He can take the chance of them skipping out without paying--he has plenty of money--but he'd rather not take the hit to his reputation that would occur if they wrecked the place.
Esquie, meanwhile, continues to leave him pleasantly flustered, but the comment about his friends makes him look, for just a second, extremely sad. He hesitates, putting a hand on his own chest, then chuckles weakly and smiles. "Well, that would explain the indigestion, I suppose."