[he really hadn't made a concentrated effort to make amends with muzét after all this time.
granted, in this situation, he wasn't entirely at fault. she was the one who made him a promise she never intended to keep for the sake of her own mission—though he was still to blame for accepting even if somewhere within it all, he knew the truth. things had gotten crazy after that, and then not seeing her for a year? well, that didn't help. her return hasn't been much better, either.
he's not exactly the best at dealing with awkward situation, and he really never even knows what to say to muzét. so even if they can make idle conversation or joke around a little in a group setting, he's been good to avoid her when they went their separate ways in the cities and chalk it up to "business," or "helping leia out," or "tagging along with ludger on a job." today? he doesn't have any of those excuses to fall back on. leia's investigating something (what, he doesn't know) involving a women's locker room, yurgen's taking a couple of days off to see isla and ludger's got a restless elle on his hands.
so what better time than now, right? milla's not around and gaius seems like he's off with rowen doing their own important political work. so... why not?]
4-19 and somehow it works
granted, in this situation, he wasn't entirely at fault. she was the one who made him a promise she never intended to keep for the sake of her own mission—though he was still to blame for accepting even if somewhere within it all, he knew the truth. things had gotten crazy after that, and then not seeing her for a year? well, that didn't help. her return hasn't been much better, either.
he's not exactly the best at dealing with awkward situation, and he really never even knows what to say to muzét. so even if they can make idle conversation or joke around a little in a group setting, he's been good to avoid her when they went their separate ways in the cities and chalk it up to "business," or "helping leia out," or "tagging along with ludger on a job." today? he doesn't have any of those excuses to fall back on. leia's investigating something (what, he doesn't know) involving a women's locker room, yurgen's taking a couple of days off to see isla and ludger's got a restless elle on his hands.
so what better time than now, right? milla's not around and gaius seems like he's off with rowen doing their own important political work. so... why not?]
Muzét. Uh... hey. [smooth start, alvin.]