it&#x27;s a nowhere town.

[he doesn’t flinch away, only keeps on watching in more evident interest, apparently as blithely curious as his son and taking these unfamiliar machinations in stride]

You’re right, of course. I suppose I ought to worry more over her hearing of it from somebody else first. I don’t think she will take it well and it would be better heard from someone who is used to—[he grimaces a little, regretful, maybe]—dealing with the more hasty of her reactions.

Don't get yourself set on fire.

//his tone is flat. Now he's burningly curious to know what news Renatus bears, but given that the mer seems more sad than anxious, it's likely not news of any hasty pursuit. He's already been given his mission as it is. He can't let himself get distracted.

And if you're headed to Solitude, travel quickly or don't travel alone. Everyone keeps telling me the roads are dangerous.

[He watches the flickering tongue with absent interest, unfamiliar with such an action] I shouldn’t like to take up your time, but I would be grateful to you if you did keep a watch for her. I wouldn’t really…worry too much about hurrying with it. The news I came to deliver isn’t the sort one wishes to hear.

I've got plenty of time, and finding people is what I do, anyway. Delaying news never makes it any harder to take when it finally gets there.

//another tongue flick, closer to Renatus this time as he means to subtly pick up where the mer may have come from. Likely whatever it is will have been purged by close quarters aboard the ship, but he can try.

[He blinks, unused to hearing his wife referred to as a “mrs.” anyone, vaguely amused by it] I don’t suppose you’ve any idea where she is? Last I heard from her she had made port here, but I fear she’s not exactly predictable and I haven’t heard since.

Last I heard she was indeed staying in the capital, but that was a while ago. I could track her down if you wanted me to. Might even be a challenge.

//he flicks his tongue at the air as if he's already trying to pick up her charred scent.

It’s nothing underhanded, just unexpected. I don’t think he’d really appreciate to know I’m here in the first place, you know. That sort of thing. I hope he…wasn’t too awfully rude to you. [it’s a sort of reflexive statement, like he’s used to having to apologize for his son’s conduct]

Not at all.

//apologizing for someone else's behavior. Lock doesn't fault the man for it, considering what he's been responsible for.

Common interests, it turns out. Haven't seen him in a while, so I couldn't tell him you were here even if I wanted to. Anyway, thought I'd offer my services, you being new in town. Mrs. Apsinthos has been helpful in the past too, and these things carry over.

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locked—inside replied to your post: Well.

Unless I’m eh… mistaken, you’re Ioannes’ father, yes? The resemblance is uncanny. If not, I sincerely apologize.

Oh. Yes, I’m sorry. [His attitude seems to suggest that he’s sorry for most things, not just for that] I hadn’t really anticipated crossing paths with anyone who would have, ah, had enough contact with him to really make the connection.

No? If it'll be a problem, we don't have to have any contact at all. I know how these things tend to be. People seeing people they ought not to. Other people get the wrong idea.