Short. >_>
Her home, like his, was far from the lands they now stood upon. This Nakzhi, however, lay hidden in the opposite direction of his own home, separated mainly by land rather than sea. She claimed that it was settled in the desert, something Ehno himself knew of only by word of mouth. His ears perked upright as she spoke, a silent declaration of his interest in her words. It seemed Krystalle had picked up Spanish from her mother and her San Solace heritage. It was intriguing to discover that two places that were as far apart as San Solace and España could both foster the same language.
The Latin woman then steered the conversation in another direction with a question and a slyly delivered compliment that summoned a modest laugh from the Italian man. “It’s the scars, isn’t it?” he said with a brief wave to his damaged shoulder. “Gives me a rugged mystique, no?” He laughed again, shaking his head slightly at his sudden playfulness. “My home is Crimson Dreams, not far west from here.” He motioned vaguely west with a brief nod of his head. The Dreamer’s amber eyes returned to her own gaze, another smile sneaking its way to his lips. “Cercatori, you say? ‘Seekers.’ It seems you know some italiano after all,” he said with yet another playful wink.
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