Myriad Clashing Motives
The start of the newest loop differed little from the previous one—he got on the train to Cyoria with Kirielle in tow, entertained her with feats of magic and disguised (and more than a little embellished) accounts of his own adventures to stave off boredom, and even talked with Ibery for a bit. Just for a bit, though—she wasn’t terribly interested in him this time because he’d finished telling stories to Kirielle by the time they stopped at Korsa, and he didn’t demonstrate any amazing spellcasting skills while she was in the compartment.
“Here we are,” said Zorian, stepping off the train and helping Kirielle finagle her luggage through the train wagon door. It was kind of cute how she insisted she would carry her luggage on her own, but he knew from previous r
