If Moritz offhandedly noting he was not yet five years old was not enough to startle the man, then likely nothing would. For Moritz his age was normal and something that often came up in passing and so he felt no need not to mention it. At least not until after it was said, and then past experience had shown him how people tended to react... Others usually did comment when it was said. From past experience, something Moritz considered after saying it but not before, then reasonably the man was either very blase or... Not really paying much attention to what the kelvic was saying. At least those seemed the most likely reasons to the Kelvic.
After all for some odd reason, unknown to the Kelvic and beyond his understanding of how anyone would think so, most did assume he was a human, and so him making a comment that would not make sense in the context of a human was usually reacted to. Or, Moritz reasoned, perhaps the man just had that vague an idea of ages of children such that it did not register as odd for his size and visible age?.
As the man told Moritz of his city, Ravok, he nodded along but still questioned. He tended to be more trusting when an unknown and possibly biased person said bad things about something, rather than good. If it was the persons own city though where they took up residence, and they only said good things... Well then it begged to reason if they were not being blinded somewhat of the reality of the city.
Or at least, Moritz reasoned, that they might paint a rosier picture of the city than what the truth would say. Moritz had good things to say about Lhavit, but also bad, and if telling people of it would try to give equal measure to both. But if this man was only focusing on the good... Well then either it truly was a perfect place, something that did not seem very likely, or... Or he was lying. Or being deceptive, perhaps even to himself but deceptive all the same.
"Right, and Sylira is... Where exactly? You said it was on the north end of Sylira, but I've never been there. I'm from Lhavit originally, over in Kalea. Its basically one big mountain if you've not heard of it. I've got no idea where Sylira is in relation to that. And now I'm down south of there. So I've never been to... Sylira."
Over the last few seasons, what with his travel and all, Moritz had heard from various people about various places. Likewise in coming to the Outpost he had met people from various places. But most he had never heard of before. From this and other peoples lacking idea of where he was from as well Moritz was fairly certain most people did not travel much. Or at least most did not travel to Kalea from other places, or vice versa from Kalea to other places. But then... Reasoning it out... It was a mountain, and not so easy to travel, so perhaps that played a part.
Seeing as the man had already been deceptive once, either directly or indirectly, he felt his other answer saying he did not have any idea of why the dovecote was new and therefore access to the Outpost from Ravok also new he took it was a grain of salt. Perhaps he was telling the truth, and had no idea... Or perhaps he was being dishonest. He was unsure why, but the more he spoke to the man, the more he was left feeling like he kept a false face. Like when Moritz tried to smile as social conviction often dictated. It just came off as... Off... Perhaps this man was also similarly being non-genuine, and Moritz was perceiving that? He did not trust his own awareness of social cues to trust that, but felt it was a positive improvement that he had even noticed such a thing and considered it as a possibility. Admittedly backed up by other inconsistencies and reasoning, but still a win he felt for his own progress.
When the man explained of his sword Moritz was a bit disappointed, having hoped he could learn something about what made the weapon special. It did not seem however that the man knew, and so he was left to wonder instead... In fact having received it from a friend who he no longer saw, the chance of asking again seemed unlikely and so not worth requesting. It did not seem like it was a recent acquisition, and if he still had not met him since then... Well then meeting them now was unlikely.
"Oh. It must be a pretty good friend, if they trusted you with a special weapon as you said it was, and then did not even bother to come back to seek it out. I don't know I would trust someone with something clearly of value like that without any plan to get it back or making it clearly a permanent exchange of ownership..."
Thinking on this Moritz looked at the man with his odd Okomo Iraso eyes, wondering. Was it truly a friend? How good of a friend would it take to not collect such a thing afterwards? Or was the person perhaps dead, and could not collect? Was it truly a gift, or was it taken or stolen... He was unsure, but as with much the man said he felt a bit odd at his words. As if he was missing something. Perhaps it was his logical awareness kicking in, combining facts and things in various new ways, but he did feel a niggling at the edge of his brain.
At the mention of the business not being his own but his families Moritz nodded, looking off into the distance at the weapons stands as he spoke. He moved his eyes from one item to the next, perusing each in turn while wondering on them.
"Mmm... Family. Family can be complicated, particularly when business is involved. My mother is always trying to get me to follow in her steps and take up her trade. Honestly, I don't think I'm very good at it. I'm not sure what really I'm most talented in. Its nice you know what you do best, fighting and such with weapons. Me... I think I'm best with my eyes, but I'm not quite there yet with those either. Maybe some day. Though I suppose that could be said about anything you are not too good about now. Though honestly... I'm not sure what I'd even do to make a living with them... I train in weapons and such as well, hence my interest in looking around here, but I'm not too skilled at those either."
Moritz was slowly getting better with his Iraso sight, and slowly gaining more understanding of what it could do. But he was still relatively new to the gift, and did not understand its full implications. Syka being what it was, which was where he lived then, he did not see many opportunities to use it in trade. But with that reasoning, perhaps more need would exist in a bigger city like his home of Lhavit.
Hearing of Sevris' service as a member of the military Moritz reasoned Ravok had to be a decently sized place. Lhavit after all had the Shinya, a formal militant group, and was a big place. Syka on the other hand was a small settlement, and did not really have an official military. But then, did it really need one?
"Oh, what does a military person in Ravok do. I've seen the Shinya back in Lhavit, but I'm unsure what all such people would do in other places. Or are the Shinya technically considered military... I'm not really sure."
Moritz was not really sure what that meant, glancing far off as he thought over the mans words... The journey to figure it out, would in and of itself... Help figure it out? What?
"I'll be honest, that sounded like a bunch of gibberish to me. I've no idea what you mean. I think you might be being a bit too metaphorical for me. Like... In that context, which part of what or doing what is the figuring, or the journey? As for magic items, if people know they are magic I doubt they would just be left out with other common weapons. What sort of them are you looking for. And how would you even tell them apart if you saw them? I doubt they all like... Glow or something...
Pausing Moritz realized something, that magic involved djed, and he could see djed! Which meant, if he was to look at two items side by side, and one was magical then... He should be able to tell them apart!
"Actually, I wonder if my eyes... hmmm... Maybe another time. But anyways... What sort of magic are you looking for? I've actually got one, this bracelet here, but it mainly just seemed to be magically stuck to my wrist. You can try and take it off if you'd like."
Noting this Moritz would raise one wrist, showing a small charm bracelet with a single charm on it.
Having not used it much before Moritz did not much understand it, but in truth it did have another effect besides not being able to be removed. Though that other effect activated by touch, namely when Moritz touched someone while wearing it. And him wearing it was all the time, seeing as he could not remove it. But being who he was, Moritz did not often touch people and so had not fully come to understand this aspect of it and so did not think to mention it or warn Sevris if he did touch Moritz.
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