Memory


She had watched him with wistful eyes for a long time in the tavern before approaching him. He should've been wary but instead only felt at ease. They spoke of little things, friendly banter coming easily, and he thought her pretty and charming if not recklessly playful. After all, this was the girl that tried to skid on a barely frozen lake and scared him half-

Right then a drunken Vaike stumbled into him hard enough to almost fall. Desperately he looked back and she was gone.

That night he couldn't bring himself to sleep in his and Chrom's tent.