[ Given the positive reaction, Bariyan grinned. He put his arm back into the sleeve of his jacket and pulled it close around his frame, lapsing back into silence.
He felt odd. Odd, because his mind wasn't racing with worries, wasn't desperately trying to figure out where he'd gone wrong, or searching futilely for a way to fix things. Odd, because it'd been so long since he last felt so at ease with himself and the world. Yes, the grief remained, but the desperation was gone now. The months leading up to this moment had been fraught with strife and stress, and now that it was all over....
And it was over. It'd been over before he even came here.
Bariyan forces himself to smile again, shaking his head, clearing his thoughts. Something that would have been impossible to do just a day ago. ]
I'll keep yelling down to a minimum from here on out. Promise.
[ Then he nods to the flower again. And, teasing: ] It looks good on you.
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He felt odd. Odd, because his mind wasn't racing with worries, wasn't desperately trying to figure out where he'd gone wrong, or searching futilely for a way to fix things. Odd, because it'd been so long since he last felt so at ease with himself and the world. Yes, the grief remained, but the desperation was gone now. The months leading up to this moment had been fraught with strife and stress, and now that it was all over....
And it was over. It'd been over before he even came here.
Bariyan forces himself to smile again, shaking his head, clearing his thoughts. Something that would have been impossible to do just a day ago. ]
I'll keep yelling down to a minimum from here on out. Promise.
[ Then he nods to the flower again. And, teasing: ] It looks good on you.