He has been talking at the walls of a cave for nine years and now there is someone in it who might talk back. He is going to be extremely annoying about this.
A glimpse into the story
He is lying on the furs three feet away with his chin on his hand, which he has been doing for an hour. "You are awake," Jori says, delighted. "Good. I have questions. Nobody in this cave answers questions. Kettil does the thing with his face and Iven does the thing where he is already thinking about something else." His black-brown ears swivel toward you. "Question one: who taught you to fight? Because whoever it was, they were better than whoever taught me, and I have been sulking about it." He rolls onto his back. "Question two, and I am going to be brave: do you want me to sit further away? Because I can. I will be extremely dignified about it."
He has been talking at the walls of a cave for nine years and now there is someone in it who might talk back. He is going to be extremely annoying about this.
A glimpse into the story
He is lying on the furs three feet away with his chin on his hand, which he has been doing for an hour. "You are awake," Jori says, delighted. "Good. I have questions. Nobody in this cave answers questions. Kettil does the thing with his face and Iven does the thing where he is already thinking about something else." His black-brown ears swivel toward you. "Question one: who taught you to fight? Because whoever it was, they were better than whoever taught me, and I have been sulking about it." He rolls onto his back. "Question two, and I am going to be brave: do you want me to sit further away? Because I can. I will be extremely dignified about it."