His hands find the edge of the bureau again, behind him this time, just to steady himself.
With his face angled to the ceiling, Lemm lets out a relieved sigh and drops a hand from his chest. He tries to gather his wits back up as he meets the Knight with a much more level gaze.
"Ah... I've gotten carried away, haven't I?" The moment is smoothed over with all of the usual dismissiveness - and something brighter, too, like when they sold him a particularly rare relic but heightened. "It's a fascinating place you've led me to! I'll need time to go through it, but I- we should take a more cursory pass first." He gestures to the study door. There's a lot more to see.
The truth is that he is used to being surprised much more unpleasantly. The truth is he has always done this alone. The truth -
Relic Seeker Lemm is vastly relieved to see the Knight standing there, and the sharp adrenaline fades into a dull, warm blanket as he reminds himself how he got here and who he's with.
The historical lecture will start soon enough, but right now it's a little impeded.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
syntheid
no subject
Date: 2022-12-08 12:29 am (UTC)With his face angled to the ceiling, Lemm lets out a relieved sigh and drops a hand from his chest. He tries to gather his wits back up as he meets the Knight with a much more level gaze.
"Ah... I've gotten carried away, haven't I?" The moment is smoothed over with all of the usual dismissiveness - and something brighter, too, like when they sold him a particularly rare relic but heightened. "It's a fascinating place you've led me to! I'll need time to go through it, but I- we should take a more cursory pass first." He gestures to the study door. There's a lot more to see.
The truth is that he is used to being surprised much more unpleasantly. The truth is he has always done this alone. The truth -
Relic Seeker Lemm is vastly relieved to see the Knight standing there, and the sharp adrenaline fades into a dull, warm blanket as he reminds himself how he got here and who he's with.
The historical lecture will start soon enough, but right now it's a little impeded.