｢🛡️｣ Kael

< tad mean spirited, but...

"He can cope and get over it, easy as."

"I am not: I was just telling things as they are. What is so funny?" Again, is it something about himself? Part of him would rather be seen in a more unappropriate light than as a form of entertainment.

"That's right. But hear me well." Kael pauses, looking to the distance. He's grinning, just a >

« it can be seen as materialistic. Whatever helps me live a convenient life that doesn't inconvenience others, however.
Money can help in a part of that, but not making yourself into a target, is another beast to deal with.
... Suppose that made sense?"

"It's a nice walk, yes."

An expansive prairie, still far from the settlement, even if it's on sight, it will take a while unless they decide to make a dash for it. And Kael, at least, is in no hurry. It never hurt to take a pause and smell the roses, did it?

"That's what I'm looking for, even if »

"You seem obstinate in making your life harder.
That too, is fine."

And I cry, it's not fair. I just need a little lovin', I just need a little air.

||Really hard to find motivation for Kael, my apolocheese.

//Hm×2

< much requesting the ones from there.

"I usually forage. Suppose living a modest life has earned me some money, all these years."

"... Most travel I do is to check on other outposts, not so much to the next town. About twenty minutes, so it shouldn't be too much."

Quiet area, good for getting tasks here and there. Some customers know him from that, but all he's been is an a man advertising and offering his services, not so >

« there. Even this is a struggle to him, yet here he is.

"I will leave before sunfall. I am reasonable in my leisure time." Slow nod.

"I can see why. Perhaps I'll push those two to come here."

"I did. I had nothing better to do, which I feel should say something negative about me, probably."

He knows not being particularly sociable is a bad thing, but he doesn't particularly mind. If anything, his continued actions seem to show some distain to the idea of actually getting himself out »

"Social needs are a necessity to live a convenient life."

"It is the same."

« on... As I think of it, it wouldn't be as enjoyable..."

« the idea of a hike right after?"

But putting things on his hand is NOT a good choice. He will just accept whatever was said last. Or first. Or whatever he feels the other party would prefer.

"I told you. As you prefer. Just being here is rewarding too. And to get all dried up and march »

He just looks at Bernard with what can only be called a pitiful smile. Despite having so little tact and awareness of others... No, this is exactly where he knows just how to use all of it.

"Are you not the one who sought me out, proposed to relax while not particularly dressed here and having »

cross country. He'll continue marching on at a reasonable pace.

"Best to have boots, in the event we have to cross a muddy swamp or... Or that anything happens. I am overly cautious to a fault.
You seem rather relaxed, in that regard."

"If I'm honest, the moment I go more hungry than I'd like to, I cannot help but be... Just a bit lethargic. Having stamina like that, is a good thing."

It's not that big of a distance, but for someone who doesn't move around much, something small even like next town over feels like travelling >

« I can try and find our way to a tavern, but there's nothing near. You won't mind walking a bit, even if hungry?"

He's not exactly welcoming at the idea of being a 'tourist guide' for lack of a better term, but if that's what fate has in store for him, he will accept it.

Although there's the matter that he doesn't care if it's something he enjoys or not: that's just not on his vocabulary.

"Okay. Suppose »

"If you don't want to starve, you must eat. Do you see that as an order?"

« it feels tremendously underwhelming.

« truly is a one-man operation. It's depressing, yet it has an stability that can't be matched anywhere. Or maybe, stagnation.

"I have a manual on how to use a boat, I will have you know."

It is not in bad condition: it can definitely sail the seas. Looks stable, to boot.
... Yet something about »

« totally cooked attention span: he's just somewhat whimsical.

"You are the one who said to strip. I am not going to stop you, but should you catch a cold, I will not be coddling you over it. Good grief."

And so, he begins to walk to the shoddy port. This island of which he is the 'lord' of, »

« A storm's a storm. If it goes terrible, then it is what it is. That's how he's rationalising it: but right now, he seems more motivated regardless of how dangerous it may be.

"Sorry. As you should have noticed by now, I am rather... Easy to fall into digressions."

And that's not having a »

"I would rather say, confidence is a strong weapon to make yourself look stronger. You need facts to back you up, not merely confidence.
... Even if you seem the type to have both, it is most confusing to know that you are not at your best here."

He does have whatever it may be needed to endure. »

« Derek from head to toe, then back to exchanging stares. Calm.

"I cannot help but consider you do want to spend time with me regardless. Did you have anything in mind?"

« egomaniacs like that, or of any kind of, too.

"I cannot help but feel that you want to prove that. I can see that you're above average, at the very .least. I don't particularly find it of my concern, nor am I going to be looking down on you too much.
But with how you're still here,"

Eyeing »

"Rather, imagine if people became worried about 'the big bad wolf that break people's arms when they upset him'.
They would probably send someone stronger than me or, at the very least, capable of hurting me.
When I was merely doing my function."

Despite the correction, he does nod. He hates »