> He had to look away before tears came to him. He had loved so many women in > all his very many years, and each of them had been so very different from > each other. Carrhae was different from all of them and the fact taht there > had been others did not at all diminish what he felt now. The pain of losing > Rhiana was still so very fresh and surely there were those who felt that > getting involved again so soon was dishonoring her, but they had not suffered > the very, very many losses that he had suffered. Matt Brennan was a man of > strong feelings and passions and he had long ago learned that although he did > not mind solitude, he did not suffer lonliness well. "The venison is ready," > he said to distract himself. He cleared his throat, then moved the thin > slices of meet onto plates. They had been cooked with and were now garnished > with slices of apple and crabapple, and there were broiled potatoes and fresh > greens to go with them. He nodded to her to pour the wine as he carried the > plates to the table where they could stare into the thick forest, teeming > with wildlife, even as they stared at each other.
Carrhae filled the goblets and placed each beside a setting. Once seated, she took a bite of the venison and nodded her head in appreciation of its flavor and of the cook who had so successfully prepared it. There was so much to say, yet she said none of it. Instead, she ate quietly. It was not a strained silence on her part. She allowed herself the all too rare opportunity to enjoy the sights, sounds, and aromas around her. Most of all, she enjoyed the companionable peace she felt with Matthew. (reaction?) t'Llhweiir ends ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ | Randye Jones |) aka Adm. Carrhae t'Llhweiir and Adm. Candance Bedru /| Spacedock Role-Playing Game ( | ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Boldly goin' where no musician has gone before! _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scifi-rpgs.com/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_scifi-rpgs.com
