"No," Rolan replies rather abruptly, his expression dark for a moment before he reins himself in.
"No," he repeats with much less force, shaking his head and taking his time to examine the Deep Gnome before him. Like Barcus, he recognize the other from the Last Light Inn, and he recalls the slight commotion he and the other Deep Gnomes caused prior to the Nightsong taking to the sky. "I was simply asking to see if he'd ever actually used the portal, or if it was like every other device in his collection."
"It's a bit too soon to call it, but I do not think the odds are in his favor," Rolan drawls, rolling his eyes with a scoff.
"Anyway, I don't believe we've been formally introduced." Rolan offers his hand with a polite smile that boarders on smug, not bothering to stand up from where he's seated. They're already eye-level as it is. "You're one of Tav's associates, are you not? I believe I've heard the name Wulbren used in your presence, but not, I suspect, in reference to yourself."
"And thank you," he hastily adds, ready to jot down a note as soon as the handshake is over. "For answering my question. Have you been here long?"
((Absolutely understandable. This is entirely a "do it now, or I will sit here until I forget to do anything at all" sort of thing. Besides, you are not wrong about Barcus and Rolan nerding out together))
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"No," he repeats with much less force, shaking his head and taking his time to examine the Deep Gnome before him. Like Barcus, he recognize the other from the Last Light Inn, and he recalls the slight commotion he and the other Deep Gnomes caused prior to the Nightsong taking to the sky. "I was simply asking to see if he'd ever actually used the portal, or if it was like every other device in his collection."
"It's a bit too soon to call it, but I do not think the odds are in his favor," Rolan drawls, rolling his eyes with a scoff.
"Anyway, I don't believe we've been formally introduced." Rolan offers his hand with a polite smile that boarders on smug, not bothering to stand up from where he's seated. They're already eye-level as it is. "You're one of Tav's associates, are you not? I believe I've heard the name Wulbren used in your presence, but not, I suspect, in reference to yourself."
"And thank you," he hastily adds, ready to jot down a note as soon as the handshake is over. "For answering my question. Have you been here long?"
((Absolutely understandable. This is entirely a "do it now, or I will sit here until I forget to do anything at all" sort of thing. Besides, you are not wrong about Barcus and Rolan nerding out together))