[color=00aeef][center][h1]Chres Sansus[/h1][/center][/color]

[@fetzen][@13org][@Jerkchicken][@HokumPocus][@Typical][@Elevation]
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Chres blinked. Looking up he met Karina's gaze. Funny, he hadn't noticed her approach. Must have gotten far too caught up in his own thoughts. 

He nodded at her word while doing his best to give a warm smile. [color=00aeef]"She says she's gone away"[/color] Chres said. [color=00aeef]"Can't come back until she knows, whatever that means."[/color] 

Shifting in his seat, one hand rumaging through his pocket, the other putting his empty plate off to the side. [color=00aeef]"She's a funny one, isn't she? Always doing whatever comes to mind..."[/color] 

From his pocket Chres pulled out a small object between his thumb and forefinger. It glittered in the light.  [color=00aeef]"They are... people, you know? That's something I often forget with her... Perhaps that's why she left..."[/color] Chres continued.

The object was oval and flat. Transparent like glass and yet as sturdy steel. Its glittering appearence caused by reflective specks of silver embedded within. Metal glass. Rare. Beautiful. Chres held the metal glass up to the light causing the surface to gleam. 

[i]'One for you, and one for me.'[/i] His wife had told him. Neither Chres nor his wife, had shown interest in wanting a familiar. 

[color=00aeef]"Why then?"[/color] Chres said. His voice almost a whisper.

Chres closed his hand around the metal glass, one last time, before gentlely placing it on the nearby stand. 

[color=00aeef]"Thank you, Karina."[/color] He said smiling. [color=00aeef]"I know you tried. I doubt that neither you nor I could have stopped her."[/color] 

Nodding to her, he slowly rose from his chair. 

[color=00aeef]"I'll find her tomorrow. One way or another."[/color] Chres said. [color=00aeef]"Do what you will with the metal glass. Senses knows it's only been weighing me down."[/color]

Despite his words, Chres somehow felt a weight much heavier than the one he just let go. These next few days would be long ones, he knew. Long and restless. 

As always Chres slept lightly that night. His dreams plagued with horror and guilt.