"Can you spare a moment for me, please?" The Firstborn Banshee touched Lith's arm to get his attention, giving him a bittersweet feeling and making Solus worry even through her drowsiness.
She had seen the longing in Ilthin's eyes too many times to not recognize it. At first, she had mistaken it for that she usually saw in Kamila's eyes, Phloria's, and sometimes even her own, but now she knew better.
That was how Lith looked at a juicy fillet steak after a long session of training.
"Sure thing." Lith said, wondering what the sparks he felt running under his skin were. Baba Yaga and Scarlett had stopped talking about the Eyes and moved on to theories about the Emperor Beasts that he failed to understand.
'I have no need to stay here anymore. They will dumb their discoveries down for me later.' He thought while following the elf to the privacy of another room.
