She doesn't hesitate to return that hug, squeezing him tight in return. "You too," she whispers softly as she steps back.
Only now, being faced with him here, does she realize that she's been relatively resigned to not seeing most of her friends again. Jesper has been here almost as long as she has. Kaz is almost on a year already... but the others have been rather elusive in this world thus far. She swallows the sharp thought of Matthias disappearing early in her days back in Solvunn.
"How are you? How long've you been here?" A gasp escapes her and she seems to look upstairs at something before glancing back at him. "Does Jesper know you're here?"
The small smile that was on his face falls off for a second before he forces it back on. "I just got here the other day. This is my first day in the city." He also glances back up the stairs.
"Good," she says, pulling back to look at him properly again. "then I can have you to myself for a little while," she smiles brightly and takes his hand in hers, continuing the way downstairs.
"You can stay here with us, of course," she insists. "We've got two rooms upstairs between the three of us-" A beat. She quickly adds, "Kaz is here, too. I don't know if you've seen him yet." She doesn't really know where to start, how much he's had explained to him, but those seem like good enough beginning places.
If he's surprised by how Inej is acting he doesn't say anything, just smiles and lets her lead him down the stairs and wherever she wants to. It wasn't often in their time together that he got to see Inej smile like that or be this relaxed. It's nice to see her like this.
"Jesper told me, but I haven't seen him yet. He mentioned that too, but he said I should talk to a Mags? She would get me a room?" He's still not really sure about anything, but Jesper did give him a pretty thorough rundown of the place.
Ketterdam is such a cold, unforgiving place, it’s hard to have much spring in your step there. Cadens has its issues, sure, but… it’s been good for her in a lot of ways.
She nods, “Yes, she’s the owner here. Basically the community Mum,” she smiles. “She’s stern sometimes, but she’s lovely. I’ll take you to meet her later, if you like.” She has a good working relationship with Mags.
“Have you eaten anything?” she asks, weaving them through the lower level tavern of the inn.
“That would be great.” He says relaxing a little at the thought of getting an actual introduction to the woman who he’s never met but is supposed to give him a room.
He shakes his head as he answers her next question. “No, not since breakfast. I was going to grab something here but I got distracted.” By Jesper and everything that had gone on there.
“There is a lot of that here,” distraction, that is. And she knows it is all just… a lot to take in. Something as normal and routine as dinner can be nice inside the sea of everything else that comes along with waking up stark naked in a pool in front of a crowd. She still has dreams of her arrival sometimes, never forgetting the disquiet of that moment.
“Let’s get something in your stomach and we can talk about whatever else you might want to know,” even if Jesper gave him the overview, she’s sure there’s plenty Wylan is left wondering about.
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Only now, being faced with him here, does she realize that she's been relatively resigned to not seeing most of her friends again. Jesper has been here almost as long as she has. Kaz is almost on a year already... but the others have been rather elusive in this world thus far. She swallows the sharp thought of Matthias disappearing early in her days back in Solvunn.
"How are you? How long've you been here?" A gasp escapes her and she seems to look upstairs at something before glancing back at him. "Does Jesper know you're here?"
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"Jesper knows I'm here."
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"You can stay here with us, of course," she insists. "We've got two rooms upstairs between the three of us-" A beat. She quickly adds, "Kaz is here, too. I don't know if you've seen him yet." She doesn't really know where to start, how much he's had explained to him, but those seem like good enough beginning places.
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"Jesper told me, but I haven't seen him yet. He mentioned that too, but he said I should talk to a Mags? She would get me a room?" He's still not really sure about anything, but Jesper did give him a pretty thorough rundown of the place.
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She nods, “Yes, she’s the owner here. Basically the community Mum,” she smiles. “She’s stern sometimes, but she’s lovely. I’ll take you to meet her later, if you like.” She has a good working relationship with Mags.
“Have you eaten anything?” she asks, weaving them through the lower level tavern of the inn.
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He shakes his head as he answers her next question. “No, not since breakfast. I was going to grab something here but I got distracted.” By Jesper and everything that had gone on there.
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“Let’s get something in your stomach and we can talk about whatever else you might want to know,” even if Jesper gave him the overview, she’s sure there’s plenty Wylan is left wondering about.