<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82056.msg4243414#msg4243414">Quote from: Thufir Hawat on 10-02-2011, 09:23:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Apple was close enough, just several steps away. She smiled at him, but didn't make a motion to get close again, instead watching attentively what Kalaj would do. She was talking with a tall Sarista male, and snippets of their conversation could be heard even without moving closer.<br/>"Is cousin here? You ...(unheard, accompanied by pointing a finger at him)... bring her!", Apple says.<br/>The man shrugs, looking apologetic. "Not that I know. She's late, obvi... (several words are lost again over the rumble of the crowd)... making a fool of herself, if her gift to the newlyweds is not good enough! But she's... (unheard again, but accompanied by a sharp gesture with his right hand, as if cutting something, or underscoring a point)!"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Even with his keen hearing the bustling of the party and the many distractions hindered his hearing. He could pinpoint and animal in the forest but for some reason voices mixed with music and random sounds were not as easy to discern, even more when he was trying...Perhaps if he had been focused on what they were saying he might have been able to. Where no use dwelling in the past.<br/><br/>He took a couple of steps closer into the couples proximity but not close enough as to directly interrupt them or to appear that he was trying to listen...altough he was. He had enough care as to look in another direction though. He noticed something seemed to be troubling her so he took another step closer and turned towards the couple. "Pardon the intrusion but, is there something I could help? Something seems to be bothering you."