<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=95563.msg4155596#msg4155596">Quote from: HollowX on 20-01-2011, 07:58:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ran walked silently next to Victor, showing no visible emotion on her face as she walked beside him. There was something that showed emotion to any happening to watch them though, every once in while Ran would glance over to him, confusion in her eyes. She did not understand why she was not in a pokeball, or at least why she was allowed to walk beside him instead of behind. She was grateful inside, she had feared the devices since her childhood and her brief stints inside them had only increased that fear, but she still did not understand the reason why. In the end she had never brought up the subject, and she wouldn't anytime soon for fear that he would use it against her; nonetheless, it made her think he may not be as bad as all of the stories she had heard. A hope she both welcomed and feared.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Victor would occasionally look over to Ran, who he let walk next to him in order for her to feel like she was his equal. He knew that most Tamers made their 'girls submit to them, but he felt that it would be better for Ran to feel like she was not inferior to him in any way. However, each time he looked at her, he saw no emotion in her face; he was told to expect that, as that was how most Icemaidens were, but he always hoped for at least a smile. There was a part of him that knew he would not see one for a good while, but most of him hoped to see one.<br/><br/>Unsure as to how he should help make Ran open up, he started to look at the message once more, hoping to find something he could ask her about to make her feel helpful to him. Unfortunately, the message was very clear, and he could not find anything that he would need help on. He knew that Ran would be very logical, and therefore more able to solve logic-based problems, so he had hoped there would be some sort of line in the message that he could ask for her help in.<br/><br/>As he walked, the sword strapped to his waist clanked inside its scabbard. The handle was heavily taped for grip, and its heft was hardly visible because of the tape. Howeve, Victor made sure that his hands were nowhere near the blade, as he feared it would make Ran afraid of some sort of punishment that she did not deserve. The only reason the sword was with him was as a memento of his former life; a fond memory of days that have since left him.<br/><br/>"How much farther do you think it is, Ran?" Victor finally asked in attempts for conversation. His tone was friendly, and naturally so. It was not a force tone in the least. "It feels like we've been walking for days, doesn't it? I sure hope this professor has something to eat; I'm starved."