12-30-2021, 06:21 PM
"Aye, ye 'ave a good eye," he complimented her as she pointed in the general direction of the north star. "Polaris be indeed a good, strong name fer a lad." He knew that she had a child but he suspected it was a girl otherwise he would have remembered a name like that. Strong was the pull of the stars.
Merrick smiled down at her and stood there in silence for a moment unable to move away from her. He couldn't explain the pull toward her being so strong. Perhaps because she was a touch forbidden, being Godric's sister. Thinking on this, he took a step or two back from her.
"Pardon me, m'lady," he said suddenly, a flush rising up his neck and into his cheeks. "I d'nae mean te ta'e liberties in gettin' se close te ye. Tis entirely me fault."
Unfortunately, the space between them didn't seem to break the spell. So instead he looked up once more at the twinkling lights above them, like smiling or laughing faces. "I jus' ge' se excited when someone will listen te me tal' abou' the subject," he explained, a slightly pained tone in his voice. It was clear most people didn't take him seriously when it came to readings and the like.
Merrick smiled down at her and stood there in silence for a moment unable to move away from her. He couldn't explain the pull toward her being so strong. Perhaps because she was a touch forbidden, being Godric's sister. Thinking on this, he took a step or two back from her.
"Pardon me, m'lady," he said suddenly, a flush rising up his neck and into his cheeks. "I d'nae mean te ta'e liberties in gettin' se close te ye. Tis entirely me fault."
Unfortunately, the space between them didn't seem to break the spell. So instead he looked up once more at the twinkling lights above them, like smiling or laughing faces. "I jus' ge' se excited when someone will listen te me tal' abou' the subject," he explained, a slightly pained tone in his voice. It was clear most people didn't take him seriously when it came to readings and the like.
