Seeing the vampire frustrated he looked down not used to seeing his boss get this upset. He was truly hurting and he probably made it worst with his stupid speech. But when he asked to repeat himself he grips the edge of the bar counter taking a deep breath. "I'm asking if you would claim me.......I trust you more than anyone on this island and I know you wouldn't use me like the other masters here. I honestly thought I would be okay of just being here but I........."
He trailed off not sure what else to say, he was tempted to play off as a joke but they were both being vulnerable to each other right here in this room. He had to ask someday, but this was probably the worst time for the elf to ask such an important question. "You know........just forget about it. You are dealing with something more important than this silly question. We can put it on the back burner for now." The elf made himself a shot and took it down, making a face before pouring another and taking the second shot down.
Keith's silence only grew deeper, stretching for minutes as Malon did as asked and told him what he wanted. Well, sort of. "..but you what? Speak." he insisted, already pretty sure he knew how to fill that blank. "Has anything happened?" It could have very well just been this place, doing to the singer the same thing it had done to Dhani.
Byrne was not ready. He had to run this by Sabrina and come to terms with what this meant for both him and the elf. But he also didn't want to give him the wrong idea. "Mal.." he shook his head, "You're important. But I do want to think about this, if that's okay? If I am to do this, I need to consider things properly."
"Ya I know, I dont blame you for the hesitation. It's a lot to ask especially with Brina involved. I've been thinking about this for a while and didn't know when to bring it up. But like I said its not that important right now and I know you have bigger shit to deal with than little old me." He smiled sadly at the vampire but its out there in the world now so now all he could do is wait for Keith's answer. "Besides the drink is there anything else I can do for you to make you feel better? Song? Hug? Cuddles?"













