alpha omega.

[dovahfahdon]

[ He has camped at a field within a grove of trees, a fire softly burning nearby. Alduin is a month dead, and it is still something to take in. Alain has not returned to "civilization" since then--he has kept to earth and flame, power and might, and has only taken in the land, the enemies, the creatures. He has only had thus.

He has expected Niall for a while now, but the dragon agreed to wait for him. Alain does not want to return to the house he built. Instead, upon waking, he uses the amulet given for the first time. Calls the dragon to him.

When he finishes the Dragonborn lays down again. He watches the sky. He waits. ]

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[dovahfahdon]

[ Another would laugh. The man he was would have looked away with narrowed eyes and a flush. Instead Alain keeps the eye contact through the surprise, even as red blooms on his features. It spreads to his temples and eventually he smiles against his will, a hand coming up to mask the expression.

A habitual gesture of denying any happiness. ]

You missed me, then.

[ Question and statement both. ]