A gentle smile quickly returned upon hearing Clover's question. The golden-haired hyur paused for a moment in thought, his eyes tracing along the ground through the swaying grass before leaning his head back against the tree once more to face back up toward the obscured sky.
"I wouldn't know, truthfully..." he answered with an audible sigh.
"I'd like to think that its one of those feelings where such a question wouldn't be necessary" the hyur continued, pausing shortly to observe a weightless piece of emerald - disturbed by a nesting bird - flutter gracefully, down from the painting above to reacquaint with its fallen friends nearby. The topic at hand made him briefly recall an old friend, the girl his father had wanted him to marry back in Ul'dah. The daughter of another wealthy family, of course. Andre dragged one of his free fingers through the soft topsoil alongside himself, drawing nothing in particular as the thought stole him away for a second. She had indeed been a very sweet girl and very beautiful as well; though even in spite of her being equally fond of him in return, it was never a relationship that was considered "love" by either of them.
("Some people just operate better as friends...") was his unspoken opinion.
Returning from his train of thought, he offered a soft, half-laugh before speaking again.
"But then again, since when has the hyur heart been an easy thing to understand?"
"I wouldn't know, truthfully..." he answered with an audible sigh.
"I'd like to think that its one of those feelings where such a question wouldn't be necessary" the hyur continued, pausing shortly to observe a weightless piece of emerald - disturbed by a nesting bird - flutter gracefully, down from the painting above to reacquaint with its fallen friends nearby. The topic at hand made him briefly recall an old friend, the girl his father had wanted him to marry back in Ul'dah. The daughter of another wealthy family, of course. Andre dragged one of his free fingers through the soft topsoil alongside himself, drawing nothing in particular as the thought stole him away for a second. She had indeed been a very sweet girl and very beautiful as well; though even in spite of her being equally fond of him in return, it was never a relationship that was considered "love" by either of them.
("Some people just operate better as friends...") was his unspoken opinion.
Returning from his train of thought, he offered a soft, half-laugh before speaking again.
"But then again, since when has the hyur heart been an easy thing to understand?"
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
