Archer isn't one to impose on others, and he can tell when walls have gone up -- mostly because he's guilty of it all the time. So even though he says nothing about Gilgamesh's demeanor, he notes that there is a distance in place now that was broken down over the course of weeks and months.
He understands, too, why it has returned.
He takes the gift (not a convenience) and unwraps it carefully. When he gets to the box and opens it, his eyes widen slightly as he withdraws one of the arrows. It's the same look on his face, the same curiosity he exhibited when he brushed his fingers against the walls of Gilgamesh's ship when they first arrived on Nalawi. That fascination for how things work, history, legends, and ancient things -- he sets it down in the box, and for a moment, it seems, he's at a loss for words.
A box of arrows from a now-dead civilization may not mean much to Gilgamesh, but it does to him.
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Archer isn't one to impose on others, and he can tell when walls have gone up -- mostly because he's guilty of it all the time. So even though he says nothing about Gilgamesh's demeanor, he notes that there is a distance in place now that was broken down over the course of weeks and months.
He understands, too, why it has returned.
He takes the gift (not a convenience) and unwraps it carefully. When he gets to the box and opens it, his eyes widen slightly as he withdraws one of the arrows. It's the same look on his face, the same curiosity he exhibited when he brushed his fingers against the walls of Gilgamesh's ship when they first arrived on Nalawi. That fascination for how things work, history, legends, and ancient things -- he sets it down in the box, and for a moment, it seems, he's at a loss for words.
A box of arrows from a now-dead civilization may not mean much to Gilgamesh, but it does to him.
His answer, when he manages it, is soft. ]
Thank you.