It is almost funny, how men follow their fathers. Even men like Eik, who strove to be everything but his father's son. There is something inescapable about blood, there is some hard-coded fate in the double helix. Too small to see, but if you feel for it, fumble in the dark like a preteen lover, you'll find it if you're lucky.
(and maybe
when you hear the river say your name,
it is just your blood babbling in your ears)
But even if you feel its presence you can't escape it, the strings of fate. The fork in the road is an illusion. All paths lead here.
These are the mottled thoughts that pass through his cavernous mind when he finds, to his surprise, a creature with bones painted on his face. Eik has been gathering stories of such a creature- a woman, they say, with silver coat and violet eyes and skull-like patterns on her face. This woman has popped up in various places in Novus' history, over a span of centuries-- identified by those violet eyes and distinctive markings.
He does not know what truth there are to the tales, and his attempts to find her have been for naught. The resemblance of the man before him is uncanny, and Eik settles his excitement with a stoic mask as he steps forward with a quiet nicker in greeting.
Suddenly, he doesn't know what to say. "Hello." He begins (lamely), tilting his head to peer at the violet-eyed stranger. The dusk streams through the canopy in long beams of light, emphasizing the stillness that surrounds them. The world holds its breath- or is that just Eik?
"You look like a woman I seek." He admits plainly. His face reveals little emotion, but the years have worn it down in such a way that his personality is painted in its lines. They show he is a tired man who has seen a lot in his time (but his scars could tell you that), and they show an honest man, a good man for all the shit he's been through. Good despite all the blood he's shed.
Not to say he's not going to hell.
Whether or not it occurs to him that his words could come across as a horrible insult if taken the wrong way. ("you look like a woman," smooth) he continues on, after a pause as he tries to figure out what it is he's trying to ask. "Did your mother give you those eyes?"
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There is no better way to know us
E I K
than as two wolves, come separately to a wood
@Káin <33 sorry this is not my best! And sorry Eik has 0 manners.
some backstory- a while back Eik was looking for @Grainne who is immortal and he had heard about in various stories. Her eyes/coloring are similar to Kain's so that's what Eik's going on about.
