Snippet #1591270

Cusinth was much more at ease with a woman’s tears than Teej seemed to be. Then again, he was Sylvani Drwgg’s hound and he had seen her through many years of happiness and tragedy. He saw that she was not as put together as he would have hoped and he reached out and gently touched her shoulder. “M’dear,” he paused. It was a slippery slope talking to young females and while he looked like he was in his mid-twenties, he was far far older than that. “How about you accompany Teej, Erryn and myself and give us five minutes to unpack our things and then we will retrace your steps and search for your artbook,” he offered.

Erryn sighed and looked over at Teej. He reached into his pocket, pulled out a small notebook and scrawled a note into it, before he held it up for Teej to read. He’s distracted, so he can’t translate. She’s upset because she lost her artbook? he wrinkled his nose but shrugged. He tugged on Teej’s sleeve, and then shrugged. Guess we should help. I don’t like people crying. Kind of annoys me. I’d rather just fix the problem instead of whine over it, he wrote, making sure that only Teej could see what was written down.

Cusinth reached back and snagged Erryn’s arm, tugging him forward. “Erryn, stand by this young Lady. She’s greatly upset as she has lost something precious to her. How would you feel if you lost your father’s earring?” he questioned, pointing to the earring that pierced through Erryn’s left ear. The boy only snorted.

It’s the equivalent of my father’s wedding ring, he pointed out before he shrugged and moved back to the girl that seemed ill at ease. Hey, it’ll be okay, he wrote in a clean piece of paper. You want us to help you find your lost---thing? We will. Teej always said that he’d help. Cusinth’s a bleeding heart, which means I’m stuck helping, he wrote, flipping to a new page to write so that Cusinth could go and speak to Teej.

The older Hound moved to Teej and lightly touched his shoulder, leaning in close. “Forgive me,” he spoke softly. “You are free to dismiss me if you’d like but is something the matter?”