[Elias, expression calm, slides his gaze automatically away from Caleb’s face and to the books on the table when he hears the other man floundering. He's gone through this Awkward Relationship Questions rodeo, so it's not so terrifying to him as it had been the first time. Well, it helps to be on the outside too.]
Well… we are a fairly tight-knit group here, and a strong mutual affection is something no one would not root for, as it were.
If, one …well, from what I've heard Essek say- I mean, from how he speaks of you- I get the sense he wants… it? Or at least he wouldn't mind. I can't speak on what you ‘deserve’, but I think… making your partner happy can't be a shameful thing.
[He doesn't show it, but all cylinders are firing in his brain right now as he multitasks talking deeply about love and also OH, ESSEK DEFINITELY WOULD WISH TO MARRY YOU, MY FRIEND. BUT HOW DO I TELL YOU? HOW DO I TELL YOU WITHOUT TELLING YOU!?!]
-why don't I ask him for you? Then you'll know for sure.
[Elias pulls his Oracle device out. Both to “ask” Essek, and because he's fighting a losing battle against the impulse to report back to the drow now. Technically, they could get married today at the book return! That's what Caleb said!]
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[Elias, expression calm, slides his gaze automatically away from Caleb’s face and to the books on the table when he hears the other man floundering. He's gone through this Awkward Relationship Questions rodeo, so it's not so terrifying to him as it had been the first time. Well, it helps to be on the outside too.]
Well… we are a fairly tight-knit group here, and a strong mutual affection is something no one would not root for, as it were.
If, one …well, from what I've heard Essek say- I mean, from how he speaks of you- I get the sense he wants… it? Or at least he wouldn't mind. I can't speak on what you ‘deserve’, but I think… making your partner happy can't be a shameful thing.
[He doesn't show it, but all cylinders are firing in his brain right now as he multitasks talking deeply about love and also OH, ESSEK DEFINITELY WOULD WISH TO MARRY YOU, MY FRIEND. BUT HOW DO I TELL YOU? HOW DO I TELL YOU WITHOUT TELLING YOU!?!]
-why don't I ask him for you? Then you'll know for sure.
[Elias pulls his Oracle device out. Both to “ask” Essek, and because he's fighting a losing battle against the impulse to report back to the drow now. Technically, they could get married today at the book return! That's what Caleb said!]