The Sentinels And if the house just keeps on winning

She was too caught up to notice Arcturus approaching, so when he made a sound, she started.  Oh!  Immediately whatever plot thread she'd been following fled her mind, but she knew she'd find it again, soon as she looked.

Sorry, I was just... ahhh, yknow.  Thinkin up stories.  It's so pretty, hard not to be inspired.  She indicated the ocean, then fell back into semi awkward silence.  She didn't really know what to say.

Wraen had told her a bit about Arcturus, but Maia hadn't asked much.  Now she kind of regretted that because asking the source was way more awkward... but what did she know to talk about? She didn't even know if he liked stories, or any of the things she did.  It was weird, she felt so comfortable talking to complete strangers, yet so out of place talking to her sister's friend.  Maybe because the stakes were that much higher.