Clyde had been expecting Sayana to be at least somewhat excited at the offering of the book, and so was somewhat disappointed in that regard.
A book on magic, written by a master of that magic no less, was a rare and somewhat valuable thing to the right party. He'd written this copy of his original book awhile back, and had several extra copies he'd written down in blank books, though not on him at the moment. Still, it was a valuable thing to him, and he'd expected Sayana to understand that at least a bit.
After her prior comments he'd thought she was interested in the magic, and wanted to learn about it. Giving away or even just lending a copy of his first and only book he'd written was a somewhat big deal to him, and a sign of trust. He'd not given away any of the other copies to anyone else.
He kept his face blank, not showing his disappointment at her lack of a reaction, though inwardly he felt somewhat rebuked.
When she spent a chime looking at the book, puzzlement on her face, he'd expected her to ask him some deep probing question, to finally unleash her restrained interest by quizzing him on it. Sadly he was further disapointed when it turned out she was only confused about the spelling of his name.
Somewhat crestfallen, his face did show a bit of his disappointment, akin to a child being offered a cookie only for it to fall in the dirt and become inedible.
He quickly recovered, removing the expression and its visible signs, though it would likely be noticed to anyone paying decent attention.
“I... Thats how you spell it Say, its spelled with a y, not an I. ”
Shaking his head, Clyde walked off without saying anything else, heading off to pack up his things as the camping trip was apparently over.
A book on magic, written by a master of that magic no less, was a rare and somewhat valuable thing to the right party. He'd written this copy of his original book awhile back, and had several extra copies he'd written down in blank books, though not on him at the moment. Still, it was a valuable thing to him, and he'd expected Sayana to understand that at least a bit.
After her prior comments he'd thought she was interested in the magic, and wanted to learn about it. Giving away or even just lending a copy of his first and only book he'd written was a somewhat big deal to him, and a sign of trust. He'd not given away any of the other copies to anyone else.
He kept his face blank, not showing his disappointment at her lack of a reaction, though inwardly he felt somewhat rebuked.
When she spent a chime looking at the book, puzzlement on her face, he'd expected her to ask him some deep probing question, to finally unleash her restrained interest by quizzing him on it. Sadly he was further disapointed when it turned out she was only confused about the spelling of his name.
Somewhat crestfallen, his face did show a bit of his disappointment, akin to a child being offered a cookie only for it to fall in the dirt and become inedible.
He quickly recovered, removing the expression and its visible signs, though it would likely be noticed to anyone paying decent attention.
“I... Thats how you spell it Say, its spelled with a y, not an I. ”
Shaking his head, Clyde walked off without saying anything else, heading off to pack up his things as the camping trip was apparently over.