[Nick nods as Ephemera walks up, noting the cleaner armor. Nice of him to take the helmet off to talk, too.]
Ephemera.
[His greeting is but his name, but his tone is warm enough. He looks like he could use some fixing up himself, given the cane and the visible corrosion on his bare, metal hand. The rest of him is in as good a shape as ever, which isn't saying much, what with the tears and discoloration of his synthetic skin. He's not doing as well beyond that friendly face, though, the weight of the past several months weighing him down in the shoulders.]
Drake filled you in on all that's been going on?
[Nick knows the answer to this question, but it's worth asking anyway, if for no other reason than to see just how ready Ephemera is to be back in the midst of things. Drake said he needed space, and while Nick figured that much on his own, it didn't hurt to have another reason to not call up Ephemera himself. They might be hurting for Guard members, but he's not about to go hounding after folks the second they get back in town, especially when there's no telling what they've been through back home -- and that's if they remember Hadriel at all.]
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Ephemera.
[His greeting is but his name, but his tone is warm enough. He looks like he could use some fixing up himself, given the cane and the visible corrosion on his bare, metal hand. The rest of him is in as good a shape as ever, which isn't saying much, what with the tears and discoloration of his synthetic skin. He's not doing as well beyond that friendly face, though, the weight of the past several months weighing him down in the shoulders.]
Drake filled you in on all that's been going on?
[Nick knows the answer to this question, but it's worth asking anyway, if for no other reason than to see just how ready Ephemera is to be back in the midst of things. Drake said he needed space, and while Nick figured that much on his own, it didn't hurt to have another reason to not call up Ephemera himself. They might be hurting for Guard members, but he's not about to go hounding after folks the second they get back in town, especially when there's no telling what they've been through back home -- and that's if they remember Hadriel at all.]