GLIMMER OF BLUE lights warm brown , a silent display of fondness at the sight of the other man as he approached — truly a sight for weary eyes. " aw. i ain't so easy to kill, son, surely you know that. " he can't help it — the impulsive use of a fonder nickname even if it'd been some time since he'd last seen the half-vastayan. he certainly can't blame the fellow for being some degree of insulted to be left in the dust, but ... " Upset? come on, now, take a seat an' I'll tell you, it weren't lack of want that I've been kept from seein' you. " head tilts a little, and his eyes squint with his smile. " for what it is worth ... i am sorry , i do try to be better about just up an' vanishing. but, uh ... my life can be somethin' of a wild ride, as it tends to turn out. "