Austin listened to her speak and nodded gently. As she spoke he would resume eating a bit so that he could get more food in his gut, God’s knew he needed it. Ah..... He should probably not mention the gods around this girl, lest he accidentally use their names in vain or give her the misinterpretation that he’s a believer himself. So her mother is, or, was a follower herself? Though the use of the word ‘was’ worried him that she may have passed on. He hoped that wasn’t the case. When she finished speaking he had swallowed the food in his mouth and went to respond. [color=ed1c24]“I see. Very nice. I myself am not a pious man, but we all have our beliefs, it’s good to have faith in something. Whether it’s a god, or the next meal of the day, or that someone is there for you, as long as you have faith in something, it’s all good by me.”[/color]

She then asked him about his own pendant he then nodded and smiled, he pulled it up a bit away from his neck and held it out so she could see it better. He then clicked a piece of it and it opened to reveal a photo of a slightly younger Austin, a shorter girl with long brunette hair, a women with shorter brunette hair, and a man with black curly hair, they all had the same skin tone and they all looked happy. [color=ed1c24]“This pendant reminds me of why I am here. Why I’m going to be fighting in this damned war. My father works in medical research, making vaccines, meds, you name it. I come from Vinland. And the military stopped by my door recruiting, and they didn’t give me choice, it was either me, or my mother, or my sister. And my sister isn’t old enough to fight, honestly I don’t I should be out here at all. I haven’t even finished school! But they didn’t care..... So I packed my things, and my sister gave me this pendant..... It was originally hers.... I’m only here to fight so I can live and go home, so I can protect them from harm! And if taking the empire will save them from being forced to fight...... I’ll take down the empire. We all have our reasons to fight..... My family is my reason..... Ah, sorry, didn’t mean to go on a tangent.”[/color]

He closed the pendant and let it resume hanging around his neck. He then looked to her food, noticing he hasn’t touched it yet. [color=ed1c24]“You going to eat that? It’s much better hot than cold I can tell you that.”[/color] He then smiled at the girl, she seemed fine in his book. Not snobby, and down to earth, that’s good, makes it easier to talk to people like that. He had a feeling they were going to be good friends.

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