4th of Summer, 522 A.V.
The Children's Pavilion
After having waited several hours for the daily lessons of the children to come to an end, Rhydian had decided that now might have been a good time to head on back towards the Children's Pavilion. Once had had arrived within the open area, Rhydian would immediately begin to try and track down the young Eypharian girl that he had spoken to hours earlier. "Hm... She has to be lingering about here somewhere. There are already kids milling about the pavilion after all." The fact that he was already having trouble finding the Eypharian had left the man a bit worried. Had he done something to upset her during their last encounter? Was she going out of her way to avoid him now? It wouldn't have been too surprising if that had been the case but he was seriously hoping that that wasn't what was going on.
"Come now, Brea, you know that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with being adopted at some point. Even if you are brought home with another member of the settlement, I am sure that they are going to allow for you to come back here and spend time with all of your friends at the Pavilion. There isn't anything that is suggesting otherwise, right?" Not certain what it was that was going on, Rhydian would begin to follow after the source of that voice. He had recognized the voice as Michaela's and had even been aware of the fact that she had been speaking with Brea. Given that he had come out here just to speak with her, Rhydian had no real trouble with going after her to make sure that everything was going to be okay.
It wouldn't take very long before Rhydian had actually managed to track down the source of the voices. Standing off to the side, within the pavilion, had been three individuals at the moment. The first two had been people that he would easily recognize from the last time that he had been out here but as for the third individual? Well Rhydian simply couldn't place who this child had been or where it was that he had known the boy from. "But Miss Michaela, there isn't anything suggesting that that won't happen either! We don't know some of these people or what they intend on doing with us when they bring us home!" It was clear that Brea had been fully prepared to defend herself in this situation but before she could continue on, the boy that had been standing with her would reach out a single hand and lightly squeeze Brea's shoulder. He would than gesture with his eyes that someone had been closing in on their conversation. This would naturally allow for Brea to take note of the fact that Rhydian had finally made his re-arrival.
"Ah, Mr. Lamoze, perfect timing. Let me ask you, if you were to adopt one of the children here than what is it that you intend on doing with them? Would you simply bring them in as apprentices or as family? Do you perhaps have some kind of ulterior motive behind your being here lately?" Having been hit with such a thought provoking conversational bit, Rhydian couldn't help but take an unconscious step back. This was something that the Eypharian had thought long and hard about in the time that he had been away from the pavilion. A small gulp of saliva would be taken by the Eypharian before he would eventually decide to speak up. "Well.. If I'm being honest? I guess that you could say that I just want to build a family... I understand all too well what it is like to grow up without a family around and to be considered a bit of a social outcast." The Eypharian would than gesture to himself with all six of his hands. "Honestly, I just want to make sure that these kids don't have to live to kind of life that I had. They all deserve to be as happy as can be and I guess that I would really only want them to come with me so that they can hopefully live that kind of life alongside others. It's... not easy feeling lonely."
Even as Brea had listened to the words that Rhydian had decided to share in this moment, she couldn't quite say that she had fully allowed herself to trust the man yet. The possibility that this man had been lying and had only wished to grow close to her so that he could hurt her had still lingered about within the young Eypharian's mind., The thoughts themselves were most assuredly not great... but at least Rhydian was slowly working his way through her defenses. Albeit completely unintentionally, through his blunt nature, Brea had begun to allow for the older Eypharian's story to take hold over her small heart. "Why is it that you ask, Michaela?"
Word Count: 822
Total Word Count: 822
The Children's Pavilion
After having waited several hours for the daily lessons of the children to come to an end, Rhydian had decided that now might have been a good time to head on back towards the Children's Pavilion. Once had had arrived within the open area, Rhydian would immediately begin to try and track down the young Eypharian girl that he had spoken to hours earlier. "Hm... She has to be lingering about here somewhere. There are already kids milling about the pavilion after all." The fact that he was already having trouble finding the Eypharian had left the man a bit worried. Had he done something to upset her during their last encounter? Was she going out of her way to avoid him now? It wouldn't have been too surprising if that had been the case but he was seriously hoping that that wasn't what was going on.
"Come now, Brea, you know that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with being adopted at some point. Even if you are brought home with another member of the settlement, I am sure that they are going to allow for you to come back here and spend time with all of your friends at the Pavilion. There isn't anything that is suggesting otherwise, right?" Not certain what it was that was going on, Rhydian would begin to follow after the source of that voice. He had recognized the voice as Michaela's and had even been aware of the fact that she had been speaking with Brea. Given that he had come out here just to speak with her, Rhydian had no real trouble with going after her to make sure that everything was going to be okay.
It wouldn't take very long before Rhydian had actually managed to track down the source of the voices. Standing off to the side, within the pavilion, had been three individuals at the moment. The first two had been people that he would easily recognize from the last time that he had been out here but as for the third individual? Well Rhydian simply couldn't place who this child had been or where it was that he had known the boy from. "But Miss Michaela, there isn't anything suggesting that that won't happen either! We don't know some of these people or what they intend on doing with us when they bring us home!" It was clear that Brea had been fully prepared to defend herself in this situation but before she could continue on, the boy that had been standing with her would reach out a single hand and lightly squeeze Brea's shoulder. He would than gesture with his eyes that someone had been closing in on their conversation. This would naturally allow for Brea to take note of the fact that Rhydian had finally made his re-arrival.
"Ah, Mr. Lamoze, perfect timing. Let me ask you, if you were to adopt one of the children here than what is it that you intend on doing with them? Would you simply bring them in as apprentices or as family? Do you perhaps have some kind of ulterior motive behind your being here lately?" Having been hit with such a thought provoking conversational bit, Rhydian couldn't help but take an unconscious step back. This was something that the Eypharian had thought long and hard about in the time that he had been away from the pavilion. A small gulp of saliva would be taken by the Eypharian before he would eventually decide to speak up. "Well.. If I'm being honest? I guess that you could say that I just want to build a family... I understand all too well what it is like to grow up without a family around and to be considered a bit of a social outcast." The Eypharian would than gesture to himself with all six of his hands. "Honestly, I just want to make sure that these kids don't have to live to kind of life that I had. They all deserve to be as happy as can be and I guess that I would really only want them to come with me so that they can hopefully live that kind of life alongside others. It's... not easy feeling lonely."
Even as Brea had listened to the words that Rhydian had decided to share in this moment, she couldn't quite say that she had fully allowed herself to trust the man yet. The possibility that this man had been lying and had only wished to grow close to her so that he could hurt her had still lingered about within the young Eypharian's mind., The thoughts themselves were most assuredly not great... but at least Rhydian was slowly working his way through her defenses. Albeit completely unintentionally, through his blunt nature, Brea had begun to allow for the older Eypharian's story to take hold over her small heart. "Why is it that you ask, Michaela?"
Word Count: 822
Total Word Count: 822
