It is the uncertainty of being accepted that creates the drama in our lives.

The half-child practices in the shadows when he cannot be with his friend, his surgical needle and suture twisting and turning before him in the air, performing acrobatic feats as his mind asks it to. The motions had been unpracticed when he had first found the item- jerky and unpolished; now they are more fluid, graceful instead of segmented, and they only grow stronger. When Tobias tries to help him, the motions once again fall to jerking and sputtering, but there is also more power, and the boy wonders that if together they cannot accomplish more than they can on their own. Still, there has been no need of his tool, and so he has not tried it on flesh. It disappoints him, haunts him in some ways, and he dreams at night of opening wounds so that he may then try to close them.

His practice is interrupted by the call of the prince’s father- a macabre man that frightens the half-child. He has never been near him, except briefly to be welcomed, but has not felt an urge to draw near. Still, the obedient yearling must submit to the man’s will, and he draws himself from his study be returning the needle to its leather pouch that hangs from Tobias’ ear.

When he gathers with the rest, his eyes begin to search for Zunden. He has not seen her in so long, has tried to find her, but he fears he is failing in the task he set out to do. He has promised his mother to protect her but he has not been able to. Just another failure to add to his list. Regardless, his search gets stopped and the half-child distracted as he suddenly sees Ophelia at the head of this meeting instead of Illynx. He likes her, he has liked her since he met her as a babe at the Sun God’s gathering, but he did not know her to be a queen of this land. Still, he cannot see Illynx anywhere. Is it true?

Absently, he listens to their politics, his mind not truly interested in stealths or enemies. It is not until they speak of doctors that his interest is truly peaked. His eyes brighten, gaze locking with hers when she glances his way, his tongue longing to speak and tell her that he is interested, although his interest is not really in healing, but rather studying the wounds that would come to him. Nevertheless, he is too quiet, too shy, too submissive, to speak, so he stands silent, staring at her, wondering if she will understand.

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TL;DR: Adie is surprised to see Ophelia, but is happy because he likes her. He would really like to be a doctor so that he can use his surgical needle and study wounds, but is too shy to say anything.

Adelric