The Grey Tower

Finally breaking his stare forward, Lew turned his head to look at the Warder briefly after her statements. He mulled them over for a quiet moment, then nodded as if to accept them. "I think I've run through the 'how did I get here?' thought a few hundred times already with no real answer. I suppose ...

Well, he hadn't really expected any different. Not after his initial welcome, and not after some of the quick glimpses and stories he had seen and heard from other trainees in his very brief time in the barracks. Still, Lew wrinkled his nose a bit at the statement and tried to nonchalantly stretch ...

Bolstered by the reassuring words that the berries were safe, Lew drifted his hand through the leaves of the bush to find one of the fully-ripe fruits. Closing thumb and forefinger over it as he had the one Kalyan had offered earlier, he gave it a gentle tug to pop it free of the branch and began to ...

Lew nodded slightly at the reassuring comment on fireballs, not entirely convinced but too distracted by the flourishing plant before them. The information on channeling--motions, gestures, the implication that there were people out there channeling without even realizing it--he absorbed, filing ...

Kalyan's words made Lew turn his eyes briefly skywards, trying to gauge the passage of time by the sun to see what he had left to work with. It wound up being a fruitless gesture, as he had yet to adapt to... whatever phenomenon it was... that meant the sky above didn't accurately reflect what time ...

Lewin wore a wry smile at her question but kept his eyes forward while they walked, trying to keep at least some of his attention on the path ahead lest he stumble again on his bum leg. "Nothing, so far as I know," he replied, his smile brightening a bit. Maybe it helped that he couldn't remember ...

Eyeing the offered berries, Lew reached out slowly to pluck one from Kalyan's hand. He held it up before his own face, rolling the fruit between the pads of his fingers as if expecting it to turn to dust or wink out of existence. When it didn't, he carefully brought it to his mouth and took a ...

Lew winced just slightly as the other man startled at his oafish introduction, but his eyes shortly slid passed the surprised Dedicated and fixated on the stunning sight that had first drawn him over. Admittedly Lewin had never been one to stop and smell the flowers, as it were, but he knew enough ...

Kicked up a thread with Alianora, but still open to one more if anyone is interested

He was not quite sure what he had been expecting when the Warder agreed with his statement. Lew did not get the sense that there was much coddling to be had for the trainees, but any lingering hope was all but squashed in a very calm and very disconcerting manner by the unassuming woman.

Nodding to ...