[b][@Morte Angelis][/b]

"[color=c4df9b]By the Gods, you're [i]elves![/i] That's marvelous![/color]" the warlock said warmly before slapping his palm against his forehead and shaking his head. He swept the woman into an embrace of his own very suddenly. He wasn't the tallest and he seemed to be more on the lean side but it was a solid hug, the kind that would ground someone in need. He seemed enthused to meet her and to know just the slightest bit more about their heritage, it was as if something was coming together and his slamming heart was now slowing in their presence. 

"[color=c4df9b]Bread? Oh yes, that sounds brilliant. I've only had a smoothie today, I kept thinking that I'd get so nervous that I'd bite straight through the straw and make an utter fool of myself-[/color]" heat rose in his cheeks and he smiled sheepishly at the woman he'd hugged as easily as an old friend, as easily as family and maybe she was as good as family now. "[color=c4df9b]Anxiety can be a monster of an affliction! I'm just glad I'm not sweating- that would be the worst impression and you both seem so nice- My mother will love you! Can you tell him that he has the most wonderful eyes? They are truly wonderful![/color]"

He released her lightly but not before pressing a kiss to both of her cheeks and turning back to his soulmate, though he couldn't understand him, he felt the growing urge to learn to. He wanted to know everything that he could learn, he was practically teeming with excitement that replaced the anxious shivers with flooding warmth. [i]This was his soulmate! He had a soulmate and they didn't seem to think he was an idiot at all! This was his soulmate![/i]

"[color=c4df9b]My lord, I- Oh dear, I had planned something but I-[/color]" holding a single claw up, he pressed his hands together and rubbed them lightly before a glow of red began to beam through the spaces of his fingers. He seemed very focused on the task at hand, gnawing the corner of his lips before drawing his hands apart and stretching the beam of light. It started to shimmer and take a shape, and the glow died to reveal a rose spread across his palm. The petals were a soft velvety red and the stem was long and graced in neat thorns, it was a beautiful thing with something almost shining about it. "[color=c4df9b]And here it is![/color]"

Extending the rose to him between clawed fingers, he was smiling brightly because he hadn't expected it to work himself. His powers were often sort of volatile, sometimes the didn't do anything that he requested of them and that could have very easily ended in a spark of light and nothing more but the rose was as real as the leaves rustling around his feet. He seemed so proud for a moment that it was ridiculous, he nearly started bouncing up and down with exuberance. "[color=c4df9b]Let me know if he likes it! I wasn't sure I could even make that work- I- I kept getting dandelions when I was practicing![/color]" he declared with just a touch of embarrassment. "[color=c4df9b]I just always thought a gift would be nice to offer to them when I met them.[/color]"