CH. 3: Guardian Mountains

[JadedDM]

"Oh, really? So how did she react whenever you brought a young man home?" Hollidan asks, curious.

[HorizonsDream]

"I..." Echo stammers. Normally, she was very confident in herself, but this line of questioning made her uncomfortable. "I didn't bring very many men home, but I know she would be friendly," Echo admits. "But she wouldn't want to take the man's interest away from me."

[JadedDM]

"Well, that's good," Hollidan says. Perhaps sensing her discomfort, he lets the topic drop. "How is the kobold behaving itself?"

[HorizonsDream]

"From what I have seen," Echo says. "Though, he also believes I can kill him with just a touch of my finger, so that might have something to do with it," she adds. "Why all the questions about my mother, anyway?" she asks.

[JadedDM]

"Uhh...nothing," Hollidan says. "I was going to try and use it to mess with you, but then I felt bad about it," he admits.

[HorizonsDream]

"Don't feel sorry for me," Echo says. "I've all ready heard it all before when it comes to my mother," she adds. She wasn't being defensive, but there was a certain tone that suggested that she was a bit angry at the idea that he was going to use her mother to mess with her. "Speaking of Keet," she says, changing the subject, "I think I should go check on him." She turns away from him to search for the kobold.

[JadedDM]

Echo finds Keet with Renegade. He is brushing her, or trying to. As he's so short, he can't really reach very high.

[HorizonsDream]

Seeing that Keet is actually staying out of trouble, providing her horse doesn't kick him or something, she searches for Nuvain.

[JadedDM]

Nuvain is sitting by himself, slowly eating his meal in a leisurely manner.

[HorizonsDream]

Echo sits down next to Nuvain. "Hi," she says, sounding a bit grumpy. Though, she always seems a bit grumpy.

[JadedDM]

"Hi," Nuvain says dreamily. He seems to blink out of his reverie after a few moments of awkward silence. "Is something wrong?" he asks.

[HorizonsDream]

"Oh, nothing," Echo says. "I'm just suddenly feeling much more like I'm use to feeling," she admits with a shrug.

[JadedDM]

Nuvain seems to be puzzled by that, and takes several moments to contemplate it. "So...that's a bad thing then?" he asks slowly.

[HorizonsDream]

"Yes," Echo says. "No one likes to feel like some big joke all the time," she explains.

[JadedDM]

"But jokes are funny, and it's a gift to make people laugh, right?" Nuvain says, not really following too well.