@whitestone-endures sent to Orym from Vilya II...
"Can't you give me a straight answer anymore?"
"For what, Vi? Why I don't want to go with you? Why I don't want to stay here? I have--" Orym took a deep breath, rolling his shoulders, looking out on the cliffside where she had followed him. News had spread (from his mother or Nell maybe) that Orym was intending on setting off alone. Possibly towards Emon.
"I have to do something on my own. Without..."
Without Will. Without Derrig.
He had never had to do that before. Never.
"Leaving here is just easier. Without anyone else. I'm sorry. I just... have to figure myself out for a while."











