Sorry, I missed this tag somehow!
Maybe it was backward to take such pride in servitude, yet he really did derive pleasure in being prompt whenever the Imperator called. He thought it spoke well of his discipline, even if his fighting skills were still lacking.
When he arrived and saw a heavily maimed woman accompanying Germanicus, Atreus gaped openly at her and muttered,
Holy shit…
Looking to his leader, he raised his voice to add,
Did Tierra tell you I was interested in healing? ‘Cause I don’t know the first thing…
But surely there was another reason the Imperator had summoned him here.
Oh shit, he thought. What if this lady was some kind of mega warrior assigned to personally train his flailing ass? She kind of looked the part.
Oh,
Atreus replied, okay.
He was kind of relieved she wasn’t being assigned as his sparring tutor. He could probably use one but he was much happier with the given task. Germanicus laid out some terms for the excursions they would take and he nodded obediently, eyes flicking between the two adults.
Belatedly, he realized he should say, Nice to meet you too, lady,
which came out sounding unintentionally sarcastic without her name tacked on but hell if he was going to try pronouncing it.
Atreus cleared his throat sheepishly.
Gonna wrap with one last post so I can hopefully use this for his specialty. :)
Germanicus promptly left. Atreus’s mouth opened as he gazed after the Imperator, though he clapped it shut as his eyes eventually drifted back to Alstroemeria. He shifted awkwardly as he tried to think of what to say to her.
While he pondered that, he couldn’t help but notice her appearance again. He had never seen someone with so many scars. He wondered how she’d come by them.
Fighting, duh, the voice in his head sassed.
Aloud, the boy said,
I have a couple of ideas about where we could go but it’s too late in the day to go anywhere today. I’ll come find you soon,
although the last thing Alstroemeria looked like she needed was some mediocre fighter guarding her.
Uh, see you,
he tacked on with a nod before skedaddling.