[ have a little optimism, she just got here! she's already died the once, can't go a second time so soon, that's just sad. ]

It's—It wasn't so bad. [ it was. ness pushes her hair away from her face and sniffles against the sudden tangle of emotion in her chest. ] I was more worried about if I hurt someone. I stayed as far as I could stand from everyone.

[ she's used to spending her time alone, or with books. that wasn't hard. there was—is—so much to learn. who needs friends when you have thousands of years of history and geopolitics to catch up on?

softly, with no small bit of wonder: ] Thank you. I thought templars would be frightening, but you're not at all.

—you are a templar, aren't you? I assumed, with the— [ she mimics the gesture he'd made, slicing her hand down through the air in front of her. ]