History - Keiv Moc [ Duke and Yeager ]

[Duke]

.... Yes. Researched... [ Don't mind him staring at the krene. ]

[Yeager]

What did you research? [nope, not minding; he knows you're listening]

[Duke]

Aer. Terca Lumireis. [ A pause. ] Entelexeia.

[Yeager]

Then you've learned and trained yourself well. Very admirable. ...Entelexeia, you say?

[Duke]

The Wesand. When the Aer there turned wild, you saw an Entelexeia, as well as those of Brave Vesperia. [ He paid attention to what people said, honestly. "But the only other one who was there was Regaey, who was Yeager", and Khroma had been their "monster", thus... ]

... They were also the beings whom the war was fought against.

[Yeager]

Oh, ja. I know what you're speaking of. [Especially since a blow to the chest from one of them killed him at Temza. Not exactly something he'd forget.]

Was it difficult to study them? I know there is not much written material about them, aside from all the eyewitness accounts.

[Duke]

. . . . . . [ And he's going to watch Yeager for a moment. Just watching for a reaction. ]

When you speak with them... not very. When you befriend one... very simple.

[Yeager]

[Oh my. Intrigued Yeager is intrigued, and it shows in his expression.]

You managed to befriend one?

[Duke]

[ A slight head-tilt. ]

An Entelexeia runs a guild and you think it odd that one can befriend another? [ A slight head-shake. Human logic makes no sense to him. Probably why he's so weird. Unless that was a comment on Duke's ability to make friends...] Entelexeia are not the same as monster-kind.

[Yeager]

I had figured Belius was an odd exception. I didn't think that, besides her, they wanted much of anything to do with humans. [But then again, yes, Duke is weird and not really representative of the average human being.]

[Duke]

[ A hmm like sigh, and he's going to look back at the krene. ]

Humans killed the other one. [ "Who enjoyed human company" is left unsaid, and his tone is perfectly, completely, emotionless and flat, like his blank expression. ] Other two. Astal was willing to bond with humans, in a way, as well as .... [ trailing off, expression closing further. ]

[Yeager]

...As well as who? [No no, come on. This is just getting interesting.]

[Duke]

[ A silent stare over at Yeager for a moment, still blank faced. ]

. . . . . . Elucifur. [ Even if this man had also been in the war, he didn't expect him to even recognize the name. Duke had been all but forgotten by those not there, and who was going to remember the name of one more giant monster? Slightly bitter expression now. ]

[Yeager]

[Gently, as though asking about a deceased person, as he can tell that's rather how Duke feels about the Entelexia] What was he like?

[Duke]

[ A blink. He's never been asked to describe his best friend before. ]

. . . . . Kind. [ So the words are coming a little slowly, as he goes to the corner of "good Elucifur memories" and stares kind of vacantly. ] Cheerful. More curious than a dozen cats. Childish and ancient and willing to learn what he didn't already know. Optimistic... [ It's a trick of the lighting to think that Duke's got a tiny smile for a couple of seconds. ] Loved to chase seagulls. The speeds we could reach...