Balancing the Books

[conjuredskies]

Here’s someone who hasn’t shown his face in public for a while. Felix is sitting on the old Legion desk in his Legion leathers, a small pile of books beside him. For those who get close enough to look, they’re all reference books about Earth, including a children’s encyclopedia and a dictionary. The mage himself still looks a little sleepless, but he’s in far better shape than the gaunt, distracted wraith who showed up for the Halloween party. There’s color in his face, an easy confidence in his posture… and with his hood down around his shoulders, his hair looks like it’s back to its normal black.

Felix draws a deep breath that has nothing at all to do with the letter he’s pretending to read, then folds it and flashes the nearest Nexus-goers a quick smile.

“How forgiving you are you of debts?” he asks. “Those you’re owed, and those you owe.”

Comments

[losthunter]

"For me, the debts that I feel I owe other people weigh heavy on my mind...." Hunter answers the question.

He remembers Felix, from the brief encounter during Halloween.

[conjuredskies]

Hard for Felix to be sure, but he thinks he's seen this man before? It must have been very brief: he wouldn't forget a look that distinctive in a hurry. He studies the stranger for a moment or two, trying to place where - but last time they met he was extremely distracted.

"And the debts that others owe you?"

[losthunter]

Hunter frowns for a second. "I used to hold those debts over the people that owed them to me. Whatever way I could."

He brushes a hand over his bald head. "But now... I don't even know if I would consider any debts to be owed to me."

[conjuredskies]

"That's quite a turnaround. Do you give so much less to people, these days?"

[losthunter]

"No. I give without expecting anything in return." Hunter shrugs his shoulders.

[conjuredskies]

"Seems rather imbalanced. Generosity is all well and good, but I'd be very careful with that attitude if I were you."

[losthunter]

Hunter smiles slightly. "I am actually the chair of a non-profit foundation. Generosity can be done appropriately."

[conjuredskies]

"I can't say I understand what that entails," what an odd combination of words he used there, "but I suppose if the arrangement suits you that's all that matters."