Chachan looked over his shoulder at her again at her question, both brows raised slightly. He could see her wincing a bit as the bits of sand carried on the wind scratched at her face anew. He'd probably need to give her another light Physick touch-up once they reached Black Brush Station. But that was for later, for now he had a question to answer.
"Well, I gots three, I 'spose," he replied with a shrug, keeping his violet orbs on her own reddish ones. "Th' home I was born, a'course..." He kept silent about the fact that this first one was gone as well, razed by the Garleans. "But there's also th' Quicksand 'n th' Free Company house over in Mist."
He turned forward again as he continued.
"After I came ta Ul'dah, I lived outta th' Hourglass. Leavin' ta do errands 'n coming back ta th' tavern fer meals 'n talk ta folkses," he said thoughtfully. "I met a lotta me frands there, or through folkses I met there. A'fore I knew it, it was like a second home ta me. 'n even if'n I don't live there anymore, I still do errands fer Ms. Momodi 'n hang 'round th' Quicksand."
He squinted a bit. A few of Black Brush's taller structures had appeared over the horizon, inching their way further up into the sky as they approached. It wouldn't be too much longer until they were safely within the confines of the outpost's low walls.
"As fer th' third? Well... I have a lotta... close friends there." His mind's eye flitted briefly between his "big sister" Leanne, the pink-haired Lalafell Memeli, and the soft-spoken Hyur Jancis. The happy moment when Dhem and Tau got married, and the depressed wreck the latter became after the former's death. Of Ja'ren and his cult-enslaved mother, and of the trial that sought to punish Sigurd for trying to save the company's First Mate. "They're... like family ta me, th' lot'a 'em. 'n isn't home where yer family is?"
Though, he thought with a slight cant of his head, wouldn't that mean he had four homes then? His actual family was up in Revenant's Toll with the refugees, so wouldn't that make that his home as well? Man, this was getting confusing. He shook his head and turned both his gaze and attentions back to Ququki.
"So... even if one is gone," he stated. "Or jus' one ya moved 'way from... ya can still keep it in yer heart, even as ya find yerself another. Home is where th' heart is, right?"
"Well, I gots three, I 'spose," he replied with a shrug, keeping his violet orbs on her own reddish ones. "Th' home I was born, a'course..." He kept silent about the fact that this first one was gone as well, razed by the Garleans. "But there's also th' Quicksand 'n th' Free Company house over in Mist."
He turned forward again as he continued.
"After I came ta Ul'dah, I lived outta th' Hourglass. Leavin' ta do errands 'n coming back ta th' tavern fer meals 'n talk ta folkses," he said thoughtfully. "I met a lotta me frands there, or through folkses I met there. A'fore I knew it, it was like a second home ta me. 'n even if'n I don't live there anymore, I still do errands fer Ms. Momodi 'n hang 'round th' Quicksand."
He squinted a bit. A few of Black Brush's taller structures had appeared over the horizon, inching their way further up into the sky as they approached. It wouldn't be too much longer until they were safely within the confines of the outpost's low walls.
"As fer th' third? Well... I have a lotta... close friends there." His mind's eye flitted briefly between his "big sister" Leanne, the pink-haired Lalafell Memeli, and the soft-spoken Hyur Jancis. The happy moment when Dhem and Tau got married, and the depressed wreck the latter became after the former's death. Of Ja'ren and his cult-enslaved mother, and of the trial that sought to punish Sigurd for trying to save the company's First Mate. "They're... like family ta me, th' lot'a 'em. 'n isn't home where yer family is?"
Though, he thought with a slight cant of his head, wouldn't that mean he had four homes then? His actual family was up in Revenant's Toll with the refugees, so wouldn't that make that his home as well? Man, this was getting confusing. He shook his head and turned both his gaze and attentions back to Ququki.
"So... even if one is gone," he stated. "Or jus' one ya moved 'way from... ya can still keep it in yer heart, even as ya find yerself another. Home is where th' heart is, right?"
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