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He could almost feel himself melt inside at hearing her voice for the first time in ages. It clinged around him much the same way she did all that time ago in Imperia, almost inducing a sudden headache of emotions... or perhaps that was simply the strong alcohol that he was trying to consume. Nevertheless, he resisted the urge to grab hold of her, focusing his mind on respnding to her questions instead.
"Thank you for the drink, M'lady. You always had a knact for the strong variety of drinks."
Taking another sip, he continued.
"Was it necessary?... I'm not quite sure, although I can hardly say I regret it. The only thing I regret leaving you all that time ago.
I'm... I'm sorry, but I had personal complications that required my immediate attention."
He could see that she was mad at something, if not him, that much he had remembered for way back when. He nearly lost himself in her mysterious eyes once more, as she asked how he had been. Riconus could not help but wonder if it was appropriate, to tell Opelya that he was just as lost without her. Of coarse, he tried to move past her, drowning himself in his work in the hopes that he may forget... it was hardly even worth trying.
"Well M'lady, I've been quite alright recently. My recent promotion has given me much to worry about, but just as much to be thankful to the gods for. But..." he studdered, different opinions clashing in his head as to what he should really tell her. "But the truth is, that without you for so long, my life has fallen to ruins."
It wasn't like him to accept defeat so easily, but the most he could hope for is that she in some way felt the same. Not that he particularly imagined she would be so outright with her feelings, but it was at least worth a prayer to know what she was really thinking.
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