<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/16/Fallon.jpg)</div><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=51290.msg2464052#msg2464052">Quote from: Kunoichi on 19-11-2009, 04:35:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The way she had said 'steam' certainly did elicit a blush from the half-elf, however, and the mention of dancing definitely raised her interest.<br/>"...You were dancing last night?"  Kyla asked, trying to avoid sounding too interested.  "You didn't seem very interested in it the last time I asked you to dance with me.  When did you change your mind?"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>With a mischievous little smile, Fallon sucks her lower lip between her teeth as if to hide the gesture, then turns away... though she still listens in, naturally.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=51290.msg2464010#msg2464010">Quote from: PhantomPistoleer on 19-11-2009, 04:23:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"But that was very long ago, and it does not burden my mind as much as it did."[/color]<br/>Koram leaned back, closing his eyes, rebuking a recollection from that day.  He glanced at his gauntleted palm, as if it held something important, but then he closed his hand into a fist.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Feeling chagrined at her selfishness before, Fallon is perturbed at how should she be embarrassed over something so trivial as her pride when Koram clearly held on to more pain than he'd readily admit.  Not trying to draw attention to his pain, she keeps her tone even and sincere when she scans the trail, the surrounding area, and speaks in somber comment.  "It wasn't you that was responsible.  It was the bloody war, that's all."  She sidles her horse closer toward the wagon, a subtle and friendly gesture, and offers him a placid little smile.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=51290.msg2463859#msg2463859">Quote from: Brandon on 19-11-2009, 03:45:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Andrea was suprised at the sudden burst of conversation, figuring the other man was of in the land of dreams by now. He shook his head side to side after hearing the tone of the man. "Not if it causes you pain. My intellectual pursuits may make me ask a great deal of questions but we all have our secrets. Besides, war and battles are not the same as culture and religion."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>"I'm not much for explanations, I fear, and I can't relay a great deal about the land and people, because I saw them in prayer most of the time," she says with a light shrug to Andrea.  "The Goddess, Sune-- or Lady Firehair-- is the avatar of love, passion, and beauty.  To know a lovely sunrise, a strange peace at a decrepit statue, awe at a monolithic castle, the throes of ecstasy with a lover, or the simple joy of a child, is to be closer to her.  I was a horrible excuse for an acolyte because I was too selfish to let others' desires run rampant over mine.  And everyone at the temple was so lovely that I felt... plain," and her mouth puckers at the bitterness of that last word before she regains her composure.<br/><br/>With a shrug, she continues, "But maybe it's because I see beauty in all the normal places--" she gestures at Koram, at Jo, at Allie, Venus, Kyla, Sword, and Andrea in turn, "--but because I feel this need to protect it.  To fix things that threaten that beauty."  She laughs a little, shrugging and rolling her eyes like a child admitting a secret wish.  "I get a little, well, er, angry sometimes."  She smiles.  "We could discuss theology, but I'm sure you've forgotten more than I'll know on the subject."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=51290.msg2463955#msg2463955">Quote from: Rayne Bluestone on 19-11-2009, 04:11:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Venus would look to the paladin and smile nervously.  "Hello ma'am, How are you?"  She was hoping that perhaps she might be able to finally start up some conversation with someone something she had not had since being so close with Jo the other night.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Fallon smiles warmly in return, her eyes flitting over the ranger's features as if studying a piece of art.  "Well, it's not a night out dancing, but it's a fair day and we've wonderful company."  Smiling gently, she extends one gauntlet-clad hand and trills her fingers in a girlish wave.  "You look quite fetching in the new cloak, I must say."  She still holds the reins in one hand, but gestures at her own matching one.