A Time For Contemplation

"A beautiful song tro hear this night, my dear." A shadow reveals itself to be Leofrick. "And how are you this evening Silver?"

Silver smiled as Leo approached.  "I am... much better than I was.  I am glad to have worked some things out for myself.  And thank you for the compliment."  She began to walk towards where he had revealed himself.  "And how are you, friend?"

"im well, thank you for asking." Leofrick adjusted himself, and sat down. "And what are you doing out so long into the night? It's not always safe sometimes."

"Indeed," says Cail in response to Leofrick as he approaches from the woodline, book in hand. "But if one can defend themselves, there is nothing to fear from fiends of the dark." He slows to a stop near the pair and nods his head to Silver then turns to speak again as he looks to the Uordeq.
 
"Speaking of those of the dark, there are a few things that dwell within twilight that one should be wary of: a knife in the back, an arrow, even mage fire, but seeing as it is only Leofrick and yourself, Lady Silver, there is nothing to worry about at all... well, almost nothing."

"Almost nothing?" The amused voice of Katri can be heard as she teleports down from the tree branch she had been occupying at the wood line. Walking over to the small group, she joked lightly, "I'm flattered. I hadn't realized anyone had noticed me up there."
 
She had climbed up earlier to collect a few feathers from an abandoned crow's nest and had settled down for a rest, listening to the Empyrean's song.

 
"Like I said," responded Cail. "Almost. But still..." He let his voice trail off as he looked to the new arrival. "I guess I'm just returning the favor from the Lake from a while back," he said with a smirk on his face imagining she was thinking of the same thing. 
 
"It's good to see you, Katri, albeit up close and personal instead of from a distance."

Katerina grinned slyly and lightly tapped a finger to her mask at the nose, chuckling a little. "I could say the same of you, Cael." She remarked to his up-close comment, offering her hand in greeting- should he accept her friendly gesture, she would lightly and briefly clasp his fore arm before dropping her arm back to her side. If he ignored her gesture, she would only smile and nod, before returning her hand to her side.
 
"Your singing, Silver, is as beautiful as ever." She turned to the other woman with a respectful dip of her head and a friendly smile. Her gaze never touched the last member of the group, as if he didn't exist. She gently ran her fingers over the pitch black feathers she had collected and spoke again, "What brings you two out on this lovely night?"

Cail turned to fully face the woman and saw her gesture. He flicked his gaze from her eyes to her outstretched arm and back again before chuckling to himself and returning the favor. He gripped firmly, but not overly so, and released as he spoke again.
 
"I was just passing through on my way home when I happened to spot the rest of our company here from the woodline. I thought it rude to ignore them so I decided to drop in and say 'hello'."
 
Cail looked up to the moon as a light wispy cloud passed over it and said as he turned to face Silver and Leofrick, "Speaking of Home, it is rather late and I must be off if I am to do a little more reading before I am too tired to keep my eyes open. Goodnight to you all. Stay safe."
 
He bowed to the women and inclined his head at Leofrick before taking large strides to the opposite side of the field from whence he had come.

"Enjoy your evening Cail." Leofrick bowed his head to the empyrean leaving the group, still sitting down Leofrick lights his pipe and begins to smoke.