Noss's stride faltered when Strel nonchalantly came down from inside his workshop and appeared outside, reclining leisurly in place, watching him. Noss sighed and nodded, his pacing stopping since he then had something else to occupy him. He walked nearer the man and leaned against the porch railing, the old metal creaking slightly under his weight. Things just seemed to have a habit of doing that around him. "She said she'd be here early. Snow must be deeper than we thought." Noss looked up to Strel and was unperturbed by the look he was given. He had far grown used to those spiteful stares and seemingly uncaring gestures; he was as steadfast as a rock (dense as one, too). At the very least he had learned that Strel wasn't as dispassionate as he had once feared.
The sour look on Strel's face reminded Noss of lemons; a fruit trying to be sweet but that ended up being tart; a pretender. Not that Strel himself was the pretender, but his current facial expression was, mayhap. In a moment of weakness Strelein had expressed his concern for Noss from a corner of his mind that he perhaps had not wanted to share. But Noss had seen it, and so he substituted that admission for any time that Strel took on the facade that he was pulling at the moment. He smirked broadly and leant forward a little, deciding that he could tease the redhead a little more before he left. It's always fun, he thought affectionatly. "Gonna miss me?" He remembered having asked something similar a while ago, but he just upped and left so often that he supposed it was the only taunt he could muster in his mind for the last moment leavings. Every other joke or comment was easy to come up with, but leaving was a tad more serious matter. When it came down to it, maybe he actually did worry Strel, and was insensitive in doing so. But, at the same time, he really couldn't help what was and had to be.
Warrior walks. "Warrior talks." Warrior thinks.
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