[Carbuncle doesn't mind a pet at all, bounding right up to Etienne, and Alphinaud can only watch with a rather curious look at the other. Nothing about this Elezen seems familiar, and yet there is a twinge of something, perhaps, that he should know about them. It puzzles Alphinaud in a way that he's unsure of how to vocalize it.
And then, of course, Etienne speaks his name clearly, and the young elf blinks. It's clear he does not recognize him, and the thought puzzles him.]
Forgive me, you seem to be far more acquainted with my presence than I am to yours. [Alphinaud pauses in thought and then brightens, believing to have found an answer.] Are you a friend of Vheras Warden, by chance?
[Perhaps he knows her, the Warrior of Light. The thought of alternate instances of the same world does not occur to him, nor that this is a strange chance in which such a thing would happen.]
gentle screaming OF COURSE I'M JUST V SLOW IN REPLIES ;; new muse jitters!
And then, of course, Etienne speaks his name clearly, and the young elf blinks. It's clear he does not recognize him, and the thought puzzles him.]
Forgive me, you seem to be far more acquainted with my presence than I am to yours. [Alphinaud pauses in thought and then brightens, believing to have found an answer.] Are you a friend of Vheras Warden, by chance?
[Perhaps he knows her, the Warrior of Light. The thought of alternate instances of the same world does not occur to him, nor that this is a strange chance in which such a thing would happen.]