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[bestswordmaster]

Sylvain said I needed to record something to tell you to leave a message, even though if you're bothering to message me in the first place you already know what you're supposed to do, so this is pointless. So...leave a message, I guess. Maybe I'll get back to you. Maybe I won't.

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[fortuna_tenax]

[ It is awful. Sometimes that invisibility was a blessing, but she knew in the end of it all she was just a kid who wanted a family, and she settled on invisibility early on. Still, Felix is...

He's different. And that's what this was all about, wasn't it? He was different. He saw her. Even when she thought he wasn't even looking. If she were braver, she'd go in for a hug.

But she's not. ]

The others went on ahead, right? Are you guys going to be okay?

[bestswordmaster]

[Felix does see her--the way Glenn used to see him. The way Rodrigue never did. She doesn't deserve to be treated like she should be invisible. She deserves to shine.]

They did. We'll be fine. Sylvain doesn't like traveling while it's snowing, that's all. We'll catch up with them in a few days when the storm blows over.

[Kind of a weird thing for a guy from the coldest place in Fodlan not to like, maybe, but hey.

He's about to try to awkwardly find some way to express that he wants her to stay safe when an idea occurs to him.]

I've seen you drawing. Do you paint, too?

[fortuna_tenax]

[ She understands, honestly. But uh, that opens up a lot of questions she doesn't want to answer, so instead she only nods.

She still can't hide the continued surprise that he pays attention though. ]

Oh- uh. Yeah, actually. I like watercolor best, but acrylics and oils are fun too.

[bestswordmaster]

Hm. Do you work on commission? There's...something I'd like to have painted.

[fortuna_tenax]

[ Well. That's surprising- but she'd had a few locals interested in her art as well. ]</small. I've... considered it? But I don't know how to even consider pricing things here to be honest.

[bestswordmaster]

[He shrugs.] Neither do I, but we'll figure it out. If you're willing to take the commission, that is. I was planning to simply hire someone local, but I would rather see it painted by your hand.

[fortuna_tenax]

Oh- yeah, okay. I can show you some things I've done since my arrival? We can... I dunno. Ask around? I'm sure someone on the network would know by now...