entering the home biome with rynlan leaves it shaping itself into something familiar to him: they're standing by a small pond in a forest, peaceful and calm, with birdsong and the occasional screech of some unfamiliar sort of animal providing background noise.
rynlan doesn't say anything, at first. he's just standing at the edge of the pond, leaning heavily on his makeshift cane as he silently takes in the view.]
[ he steps up beside ryn, but lets him hit the floor first, uncertain how he feels about sharing his own home. he doesn't know how the biome works, but once the trees bloom with fiery colors, he steps close behind, gazing out towards the water. ]
A group of us. Magister Umbric was the first to find the research we used as a starting point, and we gathered together over time-- we kept it quieter, in the beginning, but when you're looking into particular subjects it's difficult not to notice others doing the same.
[ he leans against a tree quietly, watching the waters for a long time. he takes it in because this sort of thing says a bit about ryn. he wants to leave this place without friends, that would be easiest, because watching them die every week really
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entering the home biome with rynlan leaves it shaping itself into something familiar to him: they're standing by a small pond in a forest, peaceful and calm, with birdsong and the occasional screech of some unfamiliar sort of animal providing background noise.
rynlan doesn't say anything, at first. he's just standing at the edge of the pond, leaning heavily on his makeshift cane as he silently takes in the view.]
no subject
Homesick?
no subject
[even an overconfident rynlan can admit this. he's not looking at lin, gazing up at the trees.]
Even if I make it back-- I'm not going to be able to see this again. Not unless I sneak myself in, I suppose.
no subject
no subject
[he answers, with a little shrug.]
no subject
[ genuine, unjudgemental. lin jingheng plays neutral best. ]
no subject
[but.]
There wasn't another choice I could've made.
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I take it most don't kindly to people who study it... there are others who study with you?
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blows. ]
... Where did you end up after the exile?
[ where does he do his learning :o ]