Auri lay on his side, eyes half-lidded, but sleep was yet to seal it shut. He felt restless, his mind refusing to settle. It kept circling back—not to the earlier commotion at the market nor the sensual tension between him and Kaleo in the bathhouse—but to the enigmatic blond wanderer that always lingered at the corner of his mind.
There was something about the man that intrigued him. He's got that 'hidden route' energy that made him Auri want to dig deeper. If he was in a game, Darius would be that ultra-rare character with all his story quests locked behind several levels. He seemed to carry a deep lore that won't unlock until he maxed out his friendship meter with him, which seemed impossible considering he's so untrusting.
And then there was his Life Journal.
