Soronume's table had become very quiet of late, over the last few days the Lady Niniel had departed their company and the star-maiden seemed quite content with the company of this new companion. Even Mardath seemed to have parted company without so much as a word.
He had left the table the night before and now Soronume was making his way back towards the inn, before the morning sun rose too high. Soronume had always enjoyed a clear summers night, though he knew many that wouldn't dream of being outside during the dark hours of the twilight sky.
Nearby the entrance to the inn he stood and called quietly to his horse. Using a bucket from the inn's stables, he filled it with water and placed it down for the creature. Patting the deep grey horse on its back as it drank he turned and made his way back to the inn's door.
Pushing the door aside he stepped again into the common room of the inn that was all so familiar to him now. Though it didn't seem it, Soronume was now becoming a regular to this inn, of sorts. He had certainly seen the inn change hands a time or two. Though currently still in the hands of the dear Aman, who he had conversed with on several occaisions, Soronume could not see the innkeeper anywhere inside. He thought that perhaps she had busied herself in the kitchen currently, she never did seem to rest.
He gazed around the room with interest, even though he had been here so many times before, Soronume never did seem to tire of the new faces the inn attracted. Looking over to a far corner of the inn he notcied an elven maiden alone sipping a drink she held tightly in her hand as she studied the room.
As Soronume made his way across the busy room a young hobbit who wasn't looking where she was going, obviously in a hurry, ran into him. She was quick to apologise to him but as she looked up she stopped with a start. Soronume realised that he hadn't yet taken down his hood from his head. He reached and unmasked his face. "I'm sorry miss, I hadn't realised. What a sight I must look in the shadows" he said with a smile. "There is no need to apologise to me, I should look also where I am walking, no?" The hobbit maiden just giggled at him and moved on across the room.
Soronume reached the table where the elven maiden had been sitting alone. "I'm sorry to disturb you miss, would you mind so very much if I were to join you?" he asked quietly. She looked up to him and seemed to study him for a moment.
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