It has been a very long day. The evening sky is violet, soft, and in the face of it Hythlodaeus feels he can breathe for the first time in hours. From his seat on one of many street benches, he can see the last of Amaurot's citizens heading back to their homes and hear the soft hum of their conversations. His day was so quiet, spent in near silence as he pored over his work at the Bureau. He feels less alone hearing them now, though none of it is shared with him. In a city like the capital, standing beneath the towering spires and beside so many whose very efforts shape the Star, it is so easy to feel small. Insignificant even, if only for these few moments he lets himself think about it. This is when he catches sight of Elidibus— When the sky begins to darken and the stars seem more like glaring eyes than evidence of life to Hythlodaeus.
“Hello!” He calls, all the anxiety he feels suddenly shoved under a blanket of cheer when he waves at the Emissary. He can only hope the thoughts of a few moments before aren’t visible in his aether. “Ah, do you have a moment to enjoy the view, Elidibus?”