Sunspire Mountains you would come up to me, mumbling awkwardly

 

ugh sorry

his joke cuts her to the core.  yes, she supposed, that had been her intention.  but with how far mato had reclused, was this not an opportunity for her to strengthen her bond with delight at arm's distance?  she offers a nervous, ingenuine smile and is happy once he starts talking about himself again.

i'm sorry for your losses, delight.  she knew much of history already; so soiled with death, this seemed fitting in a sad and haunting kind of way.

she wonders, briefly, if it will follow him to the vale.  and she genuinely hopes not.

that's truly a lot to deal with.  are you handling well, since mato has... done whatever it is mato does when he is not leading tindome.  she makes a noncommittal gesture.

i'm doing well enough.  the girl i traveled from tindome with, i think she died.