Askier stood at the edge of the airship landing, the plummet to the streets below feet away. Â The Garlean stood with his hands in his coat pockets, the high winds tugging at his hair and garments. Â Askier's golden eyes watered as he watched an airship slowly slipping from view as a thermal took the vessel up into the cloud filled heavens, but it wasn't from the wind. It was from emotion.
For the second time he was forced to part ways with his fiancee, though this time it had been mutual. Â He had come to her last night. Revealed to her everything he was planning and how dangerous it was going to be and how he didn't want her hurt. Â She had simply sighed as if he was just a annoying child and smiled. Â She had agreed to leave Ul'dah for the safety of the Shroud. She had packed nearly eight bags of her things and boarded the airship. Â Just before the vessel had departed, Ashwynn had held him in her arms one last time and kissed him.
"I do love you, but you are the most complicated man I've ever met. My life would have been so simple if I had never met you." she had smiled sadly and then turned and boarded. Askier felt his gut knot as the vessel departed, Ashwynn watching him and he her as the distance between them grew.
The ship entered the clouds and Askier's golden optics could follow no longer. The Garlean felt the longing sudden seperarion brings in all mortals but he had to deal with it. This was his path and he only hoped he could still make it end at Ashwynn's feet once again.
The Garlean looked down at the city. The left side of his face twitched.
For the second time he was forced to part ways with his fiancee, though this time it had been mutual. Â He had come to her last night. Revealed to her everything he was planning and how dangerous it was going to be and how he didn't want her hurt. Â She had simply sighed as if he was just a annoying child and smiled. Â She had agreed to leave Ul'dah for the safety of the Shroud. She had packed nearly eight bags of her things and boarded the airship. Â Just before the vessel had departed, Ashwynn had held him in her arms one last time and kissed him.
"I do love you, but you are the most complicated man I've ever met. My life would have been so simple if I had never met you." she had smiled sadly and then turned and boarded. Askier felt his gut knot as the vessel departed, Ashwynn watching him and he her as the distance between them grew.
The ship entered the clouds and Askier's golden optics could follow no longer. The Garlean felt the longing sudden seperarion brings in all mortals but he had to deal with it. This was his path and he only hoped he could still make it end at Ashwynn's feet once again.
The Garlean looked down at the city. The left side of his face twitched.
