Watching Charles discover the world--his world--was pure enchantment for the sylvari. While Charles looked around, Aurus looked at Charles, finding the same pleasure at the man's reaction as his friend was finding in touching and smelling and moving through the Dream. And then there was the fact that Charles just tested his legs and stood up as though it wasn't even surprising for him that he could walk.
Well, should it really be that surprising? After all, the injury to Charles' body did not alter what his mind knew his body could and should do, had it not been damaged. Why shouldn't he be able to walk in the Dream then?
Sharing in his friend's laughter, Aurus got to his feet. He was still taller than Charles, but then he was taller than most humans. He didn't specifically say anything about the man being able to walk, but perhaps the look in his eyes (and the angle at which he and Charles could now face each other) said it for him.
"This is it! Though admittedly only the beginning. There is so much I want to show you! Come."
Leading them along the path that followed the bank of the pond, Aurus began to take Charles on a sort of tour. And far from trying to shift the man's attention away from the landscape, he completely encouraged it. He led them beneath curtains of glowing vines and the shade of massive palm-like leaves, across vine bridges edged with blossom's bigger than a man's head. "You may touch it all if you like," he said in a low whisper, leaning in conspiratorially.
"Shall I show you what our homes are like?" He had brought them to the base of huge, multi-tiered, dome-shaped, gourd-like structure, its door a sort of brightly lit aperture the shape of a teardrop which opened when Aurus put his hand on it.
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Well, should it really be that surprising? After all, the injury to Charles' body did not alter what his mind knew his body could and should do, had it not been damaged. Why shouldn't he be able to walk in the Dream then?
Sharing in his friend's laughter, Aurus got to his feet. He was still taller than Charles, but then he was taller than most humans. He didn't specifically say anything about the man being able to walk, but perhaps the look in his eyes (and the angle at which he and Charles could now face each other) said it for him.
"This is it! Though admittedly only the beginning. There is so much I want to show you! Come."
Leading them along the path that followed the bank of the pond, Aurus began to take Charles on a sort of tour. And far from trying to shift the man's attention away from the landscape, he completely encouraged it. He led them beneath curtains of glowing vines and the shade of massive palm-like leaves, across vine bridges edged with blossom's bigger than a man's head. "You may touch it all if you like," he said in a low whisper, leaning in conspiratorially.
"Shall I show you what our homes are like?" He had brought them to the base of huge, multi-tiered, dome-shaped, gourd-like structure, its door a sort of brightly lit aperture the shape of a teardrop which opened when Aurus put his hand on it.