He glanced obliquely at the man's coat. Something prompted him to look for tattoos along the edges of collar and sleeve, but there were none visible.
"Put a swan in the water and it will swim, no matter the tempest at hand."
He realized he was no doubt rhapsodizing in a rather highbrow way, from the perspective of this man, but at the same time, the man did not seem taken aback or particularly put off.
"Or...were you asking after the death of his mother?" Nika asked belatedly, as he reconsidered it. "I just assumed you meant the issue with Aleksandr."
He paused as they neared the kitchen, flicking the wayward sweep of buff blond hair aside and off his brow. It was an absent gesture, one he acquitted while his mind wandered into other pastures.
"I suppose I could neatly summarize the status of two disparate variables for you right now in a single sentence: Lasha is taking it much better than Aleksandr."
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"Lasha? He's nothing if not bred for this."
He glanced obliquely at the man's coat. Something prompted him to look for tattoos along the edges of collar and sleeve, but there were none visible.
"Put a swan in the water and it will swim, no matter the tempest at hand."
He realized he was no doubt rhapsodizing in a rather highbrow way, from the perspective of this man, but at the same time, the man did not seem taken aback or particularly put off.
"Or...were you asking after the death of his mother?" Nika asked belatedly, as he reconsidered it. "I just assumed you meant the issue with Aleksandr."
He paused as they neared the kitchen, flicking the wayward sweep of buff blond hair aside and off his brow. It was an absent gesture, one he acquitted while his mind wandered into other pastures.
"I suppose I could neatly summarize the status of two disparate variables for you right now in a single sentence: Lasha is taking it much better than Aleksandr."