<div class="floatleft">(http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n612/Ember-Star/male%20art/aramis-picsay.jpg)</div><strong>Character:</strong>Aramis Orrkai<strong>Location:</strong>Bow of Ship<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Narindi<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Aramis was surprised at Narindi's response of realising to what race he belonged, though it was not a response had never encountered before. His people did tend to stay mostly off the top-worlders radar, dealing mostly with those that sailed the sea and a few select coastal villages. With the exception of a few tribes who dealt on occasion with his cousin races.<br/><br/>As she had stepped back, and seemed for a second about to fall, he had moved forward to grab her forearm to steady her. This had caused the tips of her fingers to lightly brush his chest when she reached toward him, causing an electric sensation at the warm unexpected, though not unpleasant touch on his bare skin.<br/>He had not had much in the way of any physical contact with anyone in quite a while, but noted it was an altogether different sensation above the waves rather then beneath.<br/><br/>Taking him much further off guard was her next response. If anything he had been ready to apologise for grabbing her so abruptly, even if only to help.<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> “It is my deepest honor. I...I never expected, never hoped in my wildest dreams the spirits would grace me with the opportunity to meet one of you.”</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>He had been having about the same thoughts but Narindi had beaten Aramis to speaking them. Then it struck him, both the wisdom and humor of the Mother. Two peoples to compliment and aid the other when needed, yet each holding the other in a state of reverence so none dared try and seek advantage over the other and upset the balance of Her children.<br/><br/>Aramis could not stand the sight of her looking so distressed nor treating him as some sort of superior....he reached out with just two fingers and gently lifted her chin. He looked into her eyes as an equal as he spoke, though he hardly felt the part, hoping she would not leave hers closed. "Come now, you have done nothing wrong for me to forgive, truly. Truthfully, I was about to echo those words almost exactly, I trully thought you only a myth or from the old days. So let us agree the honor is both of ours to have met. I believe Mother instilled our peoples with mutual awe for the other to avoid the domination of one in particular" he smiled softly as she would hopefully begin to relax. He could hear the pounding of her heart, his own was racing as well, though not as fast.<br/><br/>"I do not believe we have ended up meeting merely by chance, I believe we are meant to work together, perhaps to help eachother on our paths recovery and healing from our past. And most definitely something of great importance to the safety of Mother, perhaps even the Top   sider lands as well.<br/><br/>So as far as serving goes, we both serve the will of the Sea, I may be a gaurdian born of the children beneath the waves, but you are directly chosen to be her emmisarry. So let us be as equals, and, I would hope, as friends." When he had mentioned the past a veil dropped behind his eyes, giving a brief glimpse at the depth of pain and sorrow he carried within his soul. Moments later the veil was back up, eyes their normal cheery self.<br/><br/><br/>