Silver Creek of cloudless climes and starry skies

there was a pause between them and for a moment iliksis wondered if he had said something wrong -- but the smile that lingered on harrison's features told him otherwise.

content in the quiet, he let the spell pass -- his gaze flickering only to harrison once the man spoke up again.

he acknowledged that he too had noticed that shift in addison's personality. iliksis could not detect if it was genuine concern or simply bemusement that moved harrison to speak of the dark sister's unusual demeanor following her return. iliksis listened until the man had finished his trail of thought, and spoke as if on impulse (despite it being a crafted response meant to rally harrison's trust) "women are weak by default anyway." he replied, slyly glancing upon the man to measure his success. "whatever it was, i am glad she is back. the women need a role-model."

the pair continued on their way for sometime, and eventually parted seemingly amicably.