He saw no problem with being old or grey, but perhaps Flora wasn't quite ready to join him in the prime of middle age, so he did eventually decide on an answer, however uncertain it was. He was no fortune teller, to predict the future in the motions of a school of fish or the flight of hels above the water, but he could understand the desire to know and plan for what lay ahead. Flora's point was well-taken, however, and he inclined his head in sober acknowledgment of who, indeed, had profited from the last War.
Or two.
Danta elicited a far stronger reaction than he would have expected and his lips twitched at the Doubletake's unvarnished opinion of the... bold young man who had briefly tried to accost him. "Mmn. He did not leave a favorable impression," Hadama agreed. "But I did not meet any others. Does Isla come to the Hanged Man often?" Perhaps she would be willing to indulge his curiosity. Even if not, if Flora vouched for her it would still be a pleasant conversation. Then the memory of that name rang a certain bell and he paused thoughtfully. "Was that the name of the ruler of the Hollowed Grounds before the War?"
Or two.
Danta elicited a far stronger reaction than he would have expected and his lips twitched at the Doubletake's unvarnished opinion of the... bold young man who had briefly tried to accost him. "Mmn. He did not leave a favorable impression," Hadama agreed. "But I did not meet any others. Does Isla come to the Hanged Man often?" Perhaps she would be willing to indulge his curiosity. Even if not, if Flora vouched for her it would still be a pleasant conversation. Then the memory of that name rang a certain bell and he paused thoughtfully. "Was that the name of the ruler of the Hollowed Grounds before the War?"
