a thing for gil

[circuitice]

[ Well! When he was asked to come with the Traveler to Dragonspine, he didn't think they'd actually be staying overnight. He would have brought a few more provisions. But, well, you know. Hindsight.

Luckily, he's not overly bothered by cold. So it could be worse, as long as they've got a fire and a good ghost story to share... ]

Have you ever spent the night here before?

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[glidinglight]

[ Who, indeed. There's a heavy, guilty feeling in her gut. ]

... It was probably me.

[ Lumine had never told anyone from Mond about what had transpired when she and Dainslief had gone down and found the tainted Statue of the Seven. Now she regrets it, immensely. Considering the danger she's put them in, she owes it to him to be honest now. ]

I didn't tell you, but--I found my brother. He's been working with the Abyss.

[circuitice]

[ he blinks as he turns to gaze at her, and then the smile is back in place, though he really is just attempting to be reassuring. ]

Well-- what a rude welcome from your brother, then. There are much better ways to admit that you'd like to see your sibling.

[glidinglight]

[ She frowns. ]

That's the thing, though. He abandoned me because he said that we had plenty of time to meet again. ... I've met a number of his servants, though. They haven't hesitated to try to eliminate me. This must be one of their traps.

[circuitice]

He sounds confident in your ability to outsmart them.

Perhaps I have even less to worry about, now.

[ and he takes a step towards their only exit ]

Shall we?

[glidinglight]

[ Trust Kaeya to be able to find humor in the situation. Then again, freaking out about it won't help either. ]

I think we shall.

[ They don't really have much of any other choice. ]

[circuitice]

[ at least she seems reassured, and that elides any further questions he might be reluctant to answer--

though, it's a bit of a relief when the cavern widens in front of them. less so, when it widens so much, stretching on into darkness that all he can see are distant lines of light. that's discomfiting, but he wouldn't want to overreact. ]

Now, I wonder which way we were meant to go...

[glidinglight]

You'd think if they were going to take the exit away they could have at least had the decency to keep the path linear.

[ in this darkness, they can't really see what's coming ahead--more traps? Invisible walkways? Who knows. ]