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There was conflict about Kaori and Rannoch could sense it. His expression grew sympathetic to this, despite him just meeting her. Her few words were short, broken, and seemingly divided for reasons that he could not explain. It appeared through her pauses and Rannoch could only nod encouragingly, as if urging her to move forward with her words. Though he did not know of just what she was struggling with, it appeared that there was something more to this. 

When the truth came out, Rannoch paused for a moment, blinking slowly as he grasped her story. When she asked his opinion, he froze, and contemplated, his expression growing thoughtful as he gave this time. "I think that some wolves go away and don't want to be found." He concluded, thinking of Lucy instantly. Despite his care for her, she had slipped away into the unknown, perhaps never to be found again. Though she would always harbor a tiny piece of his heart, he also did not pine over her loss. There was much more out there that he had discovered because of her, but, because of the initial reactions to her leaving Neverwinter, his life had succumbed to a dark cloud of chaos; one that he would never forgive her for. Rannoch did not usually harbor ill feelings, but, given the circumstances, Lucy held an interesting dynamic in his heart-- one that was neither positive of negative. Just there for remembrance of what his life had become and why it had become this way.

He shook himself, ridding the thoughts of Lucy to the girl before him.  "Regardless of whether or not she'll be found, life will go on," his tone darker, despite the sunniness that he had felt just a moment before. "I think that everything will be all right." He clarified after a beat, forcing forward a clearer sense of happiness.