《 Alvaro 》<br/>Location: Abendblume<br/>Present: Raimundo<a class="username" data-user-id="6997" data-username="Sayd" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/6997/">Sayd</a><br/><br/><div class="bbm_float fleft" style="float:left;margin:0 10px 5px 0">
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</div>Alvaro stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. He imagined the assessment was true. Young Ray looked hung over, but Alvaro could feel the wear on his own face.<br/><br/>"I am not certain you could look bad, senor Ray," a little smile tugged up the corners of his mouth. "Si, si, the tequila was good, but the company was harsh and lingering. Just ghosts." He looked around the room absently while Ray went through a minimal morning routine. It was a contrast between a business relationship and a more familiar one, unusual, but not one he objected to. Not something he could imagine with the elder Hale, but perhaps more like the closeness he had shared with Jericho.<br/>He reminded himself again that he wasn't there to shoulder Ray with his personal troubles and made a visible shift from one foot to the other as he also shifted his demeanor to more surface topics. "I spoke with your father yesterday after leaving here..." he pushed the more concerning points of that conversation from his expression in favor of keeping it light while still offering some other reason than the full truth for his early visit. "He suggested I hunt with you...spend more time with you..."  he could feel his impartiality crumbling already, "After I suggested your brother might find more purpose and connection to this community and that he would be a fine example of values if he married..."<br/><br/>He could feel the acid taste of disdain washing over his tongue and paused, weight shifting again as his next words filtered in, "He didn't disagree... but he was quick to tell me to spend more time with you and influence you to do the same so maybe you would drop your ambitious notions."  There was more, so, so much more he held back on, but Ray had just woken up and seemed so comfortable and pleasant that Alvaro was hesitant to pile on the worst of his worries.<br/><br/>"So, Raimundo, find a nice girl and settle down." he tacked on in a jesting tone of parental command.