[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/260241013363179522/1100556120629723146/Rowan.png [/img][/center] [b][color=93d8f1]Time:[/color][/b] Week after the summoning. [b][color=93d8f1]Location:[/color][/b] Riverbloom, Books and Cookies [b][color=93d8f1]Interactions:[/color][/b] Aurora [@mole], Zora [@13org] [b][color=93d8f1]Equipment: [/color][/b] Shortswords, Transmission bracelet. [center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1095730015523586150/1103559037972394064/cross-lines-ornament-divider-by_vexels.png[/img][/center] [color=93d8f1][i] Cake. We're eating CAKE.[/i][/color] Rowan sighed again as he poked at his cake with the fork before speaking up, unable to hold his thoughts back any longer. [color=93d8f1]"Sister. We waste time dawdling here. There is much to be done, Zora has much to learn if she is to be of any use."[/color] He flashes Zora a pained smile with this remark. [color=93d8f1]"Not that you aren't doing well. Quite well in fact. Which is [i]why[/i] we must continue with training. Our enemies will discover what has happened in time and the more prepared we are, the better."[/color] In truth, Rowan was immensely impressed with Zora and the talent she shows. It's as if in her previous life, the sea has already obeyed her, magic or not. Pair that with her unique fighting style with that sickle of hers and she would soon be more than capable of keeping herself alive. Soon however, is never soon enough. Rowan knew that time was limited. Anything they did now was an extra ounce of leverage, an extra stone on the scales. This war would come. And he'd be damned if it was lost because of lack of preparation. A simple motion of Aurora's was all it took to shut him up. Just a subtle change in her body language that most would miss, a dipped shoulder here, a twitch to her smile there. Without words she told him, [color=gray][i]Shut it and eat your cake.[/i][/color]. And eat his cake he did. Too late, he realized his bite was larger than what is proper as his cheeks bulged out, filled. With surprise, he quite enjoyed the cake. It was filled with a fruit that he had not had since the war and his time with the fairy squad. Considerably less grumpy after eating, Rowan sat and observed the overflowing sweetness his sister was able to display. Always able to put others at ease and soothe the aches of the heart, she was. It was good that she was here. Left to his own devices, he would probably break the poor human, training her as he saw fit. As it was, he could see aspects of Zora's character that concerned him. Some attributes and tendencies that reminded him a little too much of the dark elves they fought against. Rowan would make a soldier, Aurora would make a savior. Before he could wrap up the break and get back to business, the transmission bracelet on his wrist came to life. Captain Morr's voice came across as he felt the need to update [i]everyone[/i] of their current plans. [color=93d8f1]"I swear to Solaris, if he keeps with these 'regular updates' of his, I'm going to disconnect his link. We get it, you have a human too. We just don't need to know every time they bathe."[/color] He allowed himself a small smirk and a chuckle at the absurdity of it and how many regulations it would be breaking.