The imposing smith strode closer before stopping a few fulm from the pair of steps that lead down into the office. Blue eyes studied the Miqo'te, as she imagined they must his work. She was a strange sight, terribly imposing in her own right despite her diminutive size.
Only the slightest cant of his head revealed a hint of communication from the man, who had not made out what the woman had shouted amidst the sound of his work. Neither broke the silence; both seemed satisfied to spend the long moment of awkwardness in quiet observation.Â
It was the young brown-haired woman who at last broke the stillness. Unable to bear what she perceived as tension she blurted out in a rapid voice, "Osvald, Madame Dragoon is here in search of Master Dunois. I informed her that he was indisposed, and that you were handling his business affairs."
Osvald turned his head enough to look upon the woman. His jaw shifting as he looked back to V'aleera. "That is truth. If you are here on a business matter, Master Dunois is indisposed."
His voice was deep, and as solid as his form. There was a hint of brogue upon it, despite the naturalness of the Ishgardian tongue, it seemed clear that it had not been his first.
Only the slightest cant of his head revealed a hint of communication from the man, who had not made out what the woman had shouted amidst the sound of his work. Neither broke the silence; both seemed satisfied to spend the long moment of awkwardness in quiet observation.Â
It was the young brown-haired woman who at last broke the stillness. Unable to bear what she perceived as tension she blurted out in a rapid voice, "Osvald, Madame Dragoon is here in search of Master Dunois. I informed her that he was indisposed, and that you were handling his business affairs."
Osvald turned his head enough to look upon the woman. His jaw shifting as he looked back to V'aleera. "That is truth. If you are here on a business matter, Master Dunois is indisposed."
His voice was deep, and as solid as his form. There was a hint of brogue upon it, despite the naturalness of the Ishgardian tongue, it seemed clear that it had not been his first.
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