(( Bonus fun fact: Yes, the Amaurotine Ring in memory of Hyth/Emet decision was made directly after the final dungeon of ShB where she got one, then had to farm the rest. ...I had no idea what was going to happen in EW. :D ))

Zeph: Ugh, can't believe I almost puked on the lord of Doma.

Hien: Ha - consider it proof of our close friendship. I shall count it an honor to nearly be vomited on by the Warrior of Light. ...Mind, the word "nearly" is important.

(( Hien has some experience handling drunk/hungover roes. XD ))

((mun note: it's fun having a WoL who is basically a puppy, can't maintain real personal animosity towards anyone, and is just kicking back and indulging her competitive streak by crafting/gathering in the current state of peacetime. XD))

so we're gonna keep doin' this little dance. >:)

Sometimes I think if we ever met in person instead of our retainers bumpin' up against each other, there'd be a brawl.

But for all I know it's just someone who also figured out what folks want in today's market. Maybe even someone I know.

Sometimes lyin' in the grass. Sometimes he held my hand.

(Like I said, how pissed do I wanna make him talkin' about this?)

...And then when I got bored sittin' around, we went off to hunt stuff. :)

I said it before, I dunno what to call whatever it is we got, but it ain't a bad thing. Mostly.

down no matter where we are. Somethin' about both of us being chosen to be Azure Dragoons. So anyroad, he kept showing up even on my island.

And I guess I didn't mind. He doesn't talk much, so wasn't too much of a bother. We spent a lot of time just sittin' together watching the sea and the sky.

good thing Tataru had that whole "develop your own island" thing. Spent a lot of time there just kinda thinking things over on my own. Even set up a little mountaintop campsite where the mammets would leave me alone.

Course, Estinien found me there too. Due to, uh, stuff... we can track each other

He couldn't sleep either. So uh... anyway we were gonna go for a walk, turns out NOBODY could sleep that night. Wound up in a great big cuddle pile of Scions in one of the rooms for the rest of the night. (Yeah, Estinien too. :D)

All the same, I kinda needed time by myself to process it all, so

time we touched down again in Sharlayan, for the most part. And that was... kinda embarrassing. So anyroad...

Tried to sleep that night, couldn't. Too restless. So I got up from my room there, found Estinien standing guard by the door. "In case my condition worsened" he says, I know that's BS.