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He narrowed his gaze. Was she being facetious on purpose? Of all the people native to Ionia, they were perhaps the two who could consider themselves most exiled from the traditions the city-state held steadfast to. Truthfully one in the same, they had both disregarded their claim to balance in the pursuit of power. The only difference is that hers was inherent while his was taken.
"Quite a common ground, isn’t it? Considering neither of us has stepped foot on Ionian soil in years." A smirk slowly found its way across his lips, reading the other’s features.
She seldom took action from impulse; every word uttered and every muscle shifted had its purpose - it was no different in this exchange. His response however, did wreak a sharper curve upon her lip before she knew it.
``My business with that place is finished." She quipped dryly, a wave of a metal-tipped hand wholly dismissing the notion. Ionia-- she held little fondness for it, truthfully. T`was a place which fostered the foolish, the close- minded, and the w e a k. It was only natural for her to... ascend. But, this man, hailing from such a wretched place, did not easily fall into its wretched people's common ranks. ``Yours, however...?"
