Thomas
*So this was what Carlyn was like. It seemed like she had a lot on her plate with the family business. And of course, the armor. He had never actually fought alongside her before; seems that she was a heavy armor user. He did want to see that one day; the small dog in armor barking at enemies.*

*Of course, the arms were what immediately took his attention. He looked at the designs; they didn't seem professionally done, but they were still good.*

"Did you do these yourself?"

*He then looked over to the dog, who had now taken off her jacket to reveal a strong dog. Nice.*

"Well, you've gone out of your way to change that."
David
*"I did. They're cute, right?"*

Carlyn walked up next to him as he looked over the armor and brushed her shoulder against his gently.
Most of the designs were of little critters, clouds, or elaborate vines on flowers. They were certainly cute.
Thomas
"They are. How long did it take?"

*As Carlyn brushed up against him, he placed his hand on her ears, rubbing them.*

"A cute design from a cuter artist."
David
She blushed at the compliment, taking a step past him so he couldn't see her face. It had a long while since she received compliments like that, and if ever in this quantity. Her hand run down her spear as she spoke. 

*"I work on and off on it,"* Her hand moved off the spear and towards the armor. "*A few years now. I started the spear in Upper Mentia and finished not long before I left. I started the armor when I got back home. It's been... Two years? Give or take, anyways. It'd be done by now if I weren't so busy."*
Thomas
"Aw, is someone blushing?"

*Livio could see her reflection in the polished armor, as well as his thermal vision confirming that she was warmer than normal.*

"Do you plan to get back to adventuring anytime soon? I imagine you want to get out there, seeing how much attention and detail you put into your gear."
David
Carlyn grumbled back at him without really giving him a response to his first question, but quickly let it go with a sigh when his next one was asked.

*"I never intended to leave."* She said plainly. *"I just wanted to keep everyone safe and realized I was a liability and starting to lose my sense of morale. Chalked it up to needing to go back home to work, but I knew I was just slowing everyone down. I came home to take those shackles off of them. Keeping them safe meant keeping myself out of harm."*

Her hand raised along her spear with a face of somberness.
*"One day, when this war is over, I'll go back. I'm not sure I could ever see Sonja or Sivne, really. I pretty much abandoned them. Even if they took me back with open arms, I'm not sure how I'd feel about it, you know?"*
Thomas
"A liability? Are you worried that your friends would get hurt trying to protect you?"

*An arm wrapped around Carlyn's waist as Livio hoisted her up and sat her on the bed, and he sat next to her.*

"I don't know about them, but I'd want you fighting by my side. I'd think they would to. Gives the enemy someone else to worry about, you know? I'm sure you can handle yourself in melee. I sure can't."

*He placed his hand over hers reassuringly.*

"I'm sure they'd be happy to see you again."
David
Livio put everything she said into a much easier to swallow pill. Her ears flattened at her own disappointment, though that was cut short when she was quite literally picked up. A noise of nothing but surprise escaped her mouth until she was put on the bed and Livio took a seat next to her.

Her surprise went back to sadness when he started talking again, though his words were certainly encouraging.
*"Thank you Livio. I just don't think it's time yet but... I do want to see them again."*