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Alessio blinked, trying to shrug off his thoughts, and glanced up. Beside him, Nithel seemed upset. Had he done something, what’s wrong? Maybe something he said reminded Nithel of some old wound or…Nithel was sad for him…?

Things are better or…at least getting better. I’m fine, it’s ok. Please don’t cry. He never should’ve said anything, he should’ve just let it be, Nithel had done nothing cruel or mean or bad to him he didn’t deserve to be upset. Alessio didn’t quite understand understand why Nithel reacted like that since this was his normal and actually a little better than usual. And he really didn’t know how to respond.

“..Nithel?” Alessio whispered. I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, please don’t be sad. Alessio had the sense to know that apologizing to Nithel would probably just make his friend more upset. After a second, he tenitively touched Nithel’s arm. He wasn’t really sure if he was supposed to, he’d always been taught men weren’t supposed to show emotions. Whenever he was really upset Leander used to jostle his shoulder so Alessio tried that and kinda jumped back the moment he did, attempting a sort’ve playful smile, somewhat to convince his friend he was ok.

If it had been anything at all not related to Alessio that Nithel was sad about he might’ve been better at it, but this was just his normal it didn’t make any sense for anybody to be…to bother

“I take it this is our cue to rest,” Malvat rumbled, startling Alessio who looked around at the circular bedroom. There were windows, he was so relieved to see windows, he could barely breath in the windowless, enclosed passages. “Although there is an uneasy presence here.”

As the dragon had pointed out, something was making a soft unnatural noise beyond a ghostly, rather phantasmal veil. But Alessio wasn’t really paying attention to that.

“Are those books?” Alessio whispered as if he’d just entered heaven. In the back of his mind, he could sense a warm, tantalizing glow of fire somewhere in the room. He stared up at Nithel, torn, dying to run his fingers through the pages of each book but unwilling to leave his friend.

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