Stone Circle ponderful thoughts

Nikai'd never thought about how long or short life was or would be, so he was surprised by the remark. He tilted his head in thoughtful silence as he considered the words. Then he came back to her first question, about what he liked to do.

"I like playing and listening to stories, and making others happy." The last one just sort of popped out — he'd never even considered that that was what he liked because it came so natural to make everyone happy. It wasn't like he had to arrange for them to be happy, either; he just wanted them to be happy, left or right, and he did what he could to facilitate it.