<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/VwYXW5c.jpg)</div><del><strong>Sesus Shaoji</strong></del><strong>Towering Oak</strong><br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Plantation<br/><strong>Anima:</strong>Dim<br/><strong>Tags:</strong>Sparrow<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Essence/Active Effects</div><div class="spoiler_body">Personal Essence 13/13<br/>Peripheral Essence 26/33<br/>Harmonious Presence Meditation (7m, +3 dice to all social influence)</div></div><hr/><br/>The impulse to scoop her up in his arms, throw her into the wagon, and command the servants that he was leaving now so hitch the oxen back up, was a very appealing one; from her response, suggesting that she in fact -was- here for someone, he almost suspected she would be broadly receptive to the idea...<br/><br/>But he caught sight of a third traveler making their approach, one very clearly belonging to one of the heathen peoples of the Farther Threshold, and realized with a slight measure of disappointment that he would have to delay at least a little bit on that.  The house servants interrupted his moment's analysis of the farther man, and Baral's arrival put his attention back where it probably -should- have been.  He greeted the Exalt with a respectful bow, straightening in time to hear that yes, he had definitely lucked out today.<br/><br/>"I am called Towering Oak of Thetla, come to Prasad on business of my uncle Winter Pine, the King of Thetla," he announced, taking the hand of the magnificent jewel before him (and by proxy also greeting the third man who had joined them, clearly expected by Baral, and thus relevant to the conversation).  "Who do I have the honor of calling my companions this day?"