Sawtooth Spire call me he of the two faces

aditya rn

truly incredulous, he resisted a sarcastic laugh in return, his eyes merely widening a tad at the young man's insolent response. he had touched a nerve! he supposed that there was nothing you could do in this situation but to exit it.

"look, i'm sorry if i've offended you," aditya said again softly, a final peace offering toward the lad. "my intentions came purely from a place of goodwill, and friendliness."

with a nod, he started to back out of the place, not taking his eyes off the stranger, who had not even offered a greeting, much less his name. the blustery weather outside was now preferable to the icy hostility--or lack thereof--that aditya had found in the cave.

"i wish you well on whatever journey you're on," he ended, then exited the cavern, not turning around and taking flight until the cave was well out of sight. good riddance.