A name combined with the touches of the woman beneath the haze surrounding the ritual... these things settle in him, and Abel gives a small and appreciative nod of his head in the way of his thanks, even if her answer has a subtle worming of some disquiet crossing his features. Is she a 'thing' to them, a means to an end rather than a person?
"Abel," he inevitably offers in return. She is not 'the Aion,' and he is not any of the titles he could give her. It's as simple as that, then.
So he offers his hand in the way of a handshake. Perhaps she finds herself in no need of manners, but to Abel - it is simple effort to bridge a gap, to demonstrate some small kernel of basic decency and to treat her as a person. She is no less deserving of that than anyone else. If she'll take it, then-- maybe that will help him determine where they go from here.
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A name combined with the touches of the woman beneath the haze surrounding the ritual... these things settle in him, and Abel gives a small and appreciative nod of his head in the way of his thanks, even if her answer has a subtle worming of some disquiet crossing his features. Is she a 'thing' to them, a means to an end rather than a person?
"Abel," he inevitably offers in return. She is not 'the Aion,' and he is not any of the titles he could give her. It's as simple as that, then.
So he offers his hand in the way of a handshake. Perhaps she finds herself in no need of manners, but to Abel - it is simple effort to bridge a gap, to demonstrate some small kernel of basic decency and to treat her as a person. She is no less deserving of that than anyone else. If she'll take it, then-- maybe that will help him determine where they go from here.