[His brow remains furrowed, but even as she steps forward to ask after his well-being, he's already well on his way to schooling his expression into something more presentable. He's never been terribly good at veiling his emotions, most often wearing them on his sleeve, but that the ache in his heart is still so strong upon simply hearing Mystra's voice again, even after what he had asked—
It seems wrong. He should be angry, he has been angry, at times, and yet in this moment, all he can feel is the absence of the favor he had become so accustomed to, and the loss of all he had worked so hard to achieve.
He musters a faint smile as he looks to his adventuring companion, forced.]
I'm fine, thank you— or I will be. A bit embarrassing, having that laid out in the open in such a way, but it is nothing I haven't become accustomed to sharing. When one loses the favor of a goddess, there is often explaining to be done. It is a memory, and nothing more.
[Mystra herself isn't here. He's more glad of that than he would have been even a few weeks prior.]
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[His brow remains furrowed, but even as she steps forward to ask after his well-being, he's already well on his way to schooling his expression into something more presentable. He's never been terribly good at veiling his emotions, most often wearing them on his sleeve, but that the ache in his heart is still so strong upon simply hearing Mystra's voice again, even after what he had asked—
It seems wrong. He should be angry, he has been angry, at times, and yet in this moment, all he can feel is the absence of the favor he had become so accustomed to, and the loss of all he had worked so hard to achieve.
He musters a faint smile as he looks to his adventuring companion, forced.]
I'm fine, thank you— or I will be. A bit embarrassing, having that laid out in the open in such a way, but it is nothing I haven't become accustomed to sharing. When one loses the favor of a goddess, there is often explaining to be done. It is a memory, and nothing more.
[Mystra herself isn't here. He's more glad of that than he would have been even a few weeks prior.]