The is a long pause. Perhaps... She had been hoping for someone more removed from the situation to do it, thinking they might not ask questions. But after finding out the labyrinth had been... "broadcast"... Maybe no one was an ignorant party any longer.
So.]
What would you like in return? I can provide something.
[ A soft hum as Yuri considers this. He doesn't particularly think she needs to repay him, but he knows full well that he himself is compelled to repay favors. Being even takes a certain learned sense of pressure away, even when he trusts the other party's intentions. Perhaps it's the same for her. ]
Give me some pointers in archery sometime, if that wouldn't be an imposition? I haven't had much chance to practice since my academy days.
[ He'd been told he had a talent for it, perhaps for the same reasons he never misses when throwing weapons. Between his pursuits within Abyss and the war, there was neither time nor instructor for him to build on any such natural ability. ]
Though, seeing as a trim demands little of me, I naturally don't mean to ask for full lessons. Advice would do.
[Supposedly “friends” are not supposed to need to owe each other things. But is that what they are? They might just be allies, or comrades united in a shared cause and secret. She doesn’t-]
I am amenable.
[He says just advice… maybe if she asks about that, then she can offer proper lessons as tender…]
[ Yuri is never one to assume friendship, even when it's clownishly absurd not to. People always have to tell him, if not reiterate or hammer it into his head. As such, he wouldn't necessarily think Hayame would count him.
Just the same, he knows he likes her, and that's enough for him. ]
In this case, how about I come to you? Alenroux is less...noisy than the city has become.
[ He had enjoyed his relative anonymity while it lasted. ]
Good to know. I usually stick around the forest, so I may not have realized.
[ He didn't tend to stray near people unless they were in apparent need of assistance, after all. Funny how things have shaken out now that Meridian has more Oracles than Zenith does.
At least it's not open hostility for now. ]
Rather wish they hadn't turned us into a spectator sport without notice... Anyhow, be there shortly.
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The is a long pause. Perhaps... She had been hoping for someone more removed from the situation to do it, thinking they might not ask questions. But after finding out the labyrinth had been... "broadcast"... Maybe no one was an ignorant party any longer.
So.]
What would you like in return? I can provide something.
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Give me some pointers in archery sometime, if that wouldn't be an imposition? I haven't had much chance to practice since my academy days.
[ He'd been told he had a talent for it, perhaps for the same reasons he never misses when throwing weapons. Between his pursuits within Abyss and the war, there was neither time nor instructor for him to build on any such natural ability. ]
Though, seeing as a trim demands little of me, I naturally don't mean to ask for full lessons. Advice would do.
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I am amenable.
[He says just advice… maybe if she asks about that, then she can offer proper lessons as tender…]
Where do you want me?
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Just the same, he knows he likes her, and that's enough for him. ]
In this case, how about I come to you? Alenroux is less...noisy than the city has become.
[ He had enjoyed his relative anonymity while it lasted. ]
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… Less. But remember, many of the citizens here consider themselves aligned with Highstorm.
Just be mindful.
[Her Meri neighbors were fonder of her now. The others, well.
Thankfully, she’d already grown accustomed to being disliked.]
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[ He didn't tend to stray near people unless they were in apparent need of assistance, after all. Funny how things have shaken out now that Meridian has more Oracles than Zenith does.
At least it's not open hostility for now. ]
Rather wish they hadn't turned us into a spectator sport without notice... Anyhow, be there shortly.
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[She is sure he knows that.
But. She goes to prepare to host.]