45th Summer, 511 A.V. A missive had reached him all the way in Alvadas, somehow working its way through the maze of illusions to reach him at the theater where he worked. Word of his brother's impending arrival, sent ahead from Riverfall. Family was a strange thing for Eypharians, especially those nobly born, and while love might not have been the proper word for what they shared, loyalty was certainly close. And so he walked down to the port every day, a statuesque figure waiting, hair and clothing whipping about in the breezes off the Suvan Sea, while Aru asked around with the dockmaster for Hasre's ship. Today was midsummer, though, and Ifran had high hopes that today would be the day. His mind was so steeped in his art that he saw symbols in everything, made connections where he could. But for now, he waited. |